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Juncus ensifolius Wikstr.

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New Zealand
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Wikstr.
1823
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Juncus ensifolius Wikstr.
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Juncus ensifolius

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ensifolius

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Juncus ensifolius Wikstr.

Loosely tufted or forming open colonies, less frequently densely tufted; rhizome slender, ± far-extending. Stems 15-70 cm high, laterally compressed, almost winged at lower nodes, cauline leaves 2-3. Leaves ensiform, ± curved, ± flat, blue-green, longitudinal and transverse septa visible externally, often incomplete. Inflorescence of 1-3 large, many-flowered, usually blackish, globose clusters, causing taller stems to incline. Tepals 2.5-3 mm long, all ± equal, acute to acuminate. Stamens 3-6. Capsule c. 3 mm long, > tepals, oblong, shortly mucronate, dark brown to black.

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Juncus ensifolius Wikstr.
Juncus ensifolius Wikstr.

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Juncus ensifolius Wikstr.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Juncus ensifolius Wikstr.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Juncus ensifolius Wikstr.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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27c20147-b063-4c3a-a95a-98e2b0c78913
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1 January 2000
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