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Juncus imbricatus Laharpe

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Juncus imbricatus Laharpe (1827)
Juncus imbricatus Laharpe
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Laharpe
Laharpe
1827
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Juncus imbricatus Laharpe
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Juncus imbricatus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Poales
Juncaceae
Juncus
imbricatus

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Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Juncus imbricatus Laharpe

Perennial, stiff clumps to 70 cm high. Stems bearing a few basal sheaths and one or two basal leaves. Leaves < stems, very slender, wiry, channelled, reddish-tinged, auricles short. Inflorescence 2.5-6cm long, sparingly branched, usually much overtopped by rigid leaf-like subtending bract. Flowers several, large, evenly spaced along branches. Tepals 4-5.5 mm long, all ± equal, acute, appressed to mature capsules. Stamens 6. Capsule 6-6.5 mm long, much > tepals, ovoid, somewhat tapering to blunt top, bright shining reddish-brown.

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Juncus imbricatus Laharpe
Juncus imbricatus Laharpe
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)

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1 January 2000
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