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Juncus pusillus Buchenau

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Threat status: Naturally uncommon
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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Buchenau
Buchenau
1879
ICN
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
species
Juncus pusillus

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pusillus

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Juncus pusillus Buchenau

Small slender tufts to c. 2 cm high from a very slender rhizome. Leaves filiform, usually > stems, transverse septa not visible externally. Inflorescence usually of 1- (3) small flowers. Stamens 6. Capsule c.2 mm long, ± = tepals, red-brown.

Juncus pusillus Buchenau

Very small, slender, tufted, from an ascending rhizome c. 0.5 mm. diam. Stems 0.1–1.5–(3) cm. × 0.2–0.3 mm., lfy, creeping and rooting below, erect above. Lvs both basal and cauline, us. > stems, up to 0.2 mm. wide, filiform, striated, terete, septate; sheath membr. with 2 obtuse auricles. Infl. terminal, either a solitary fl. or 2–3 sessile fls, very rarely composed of 2 slender branchlets each terminated by 2–3 fls; subtending bract much > infl. Fls 1.5–2 mm. long; tepals equal, pale green, later reddish. Stamens 6, = or often > tepals. Capsule somewhat > tepals, narrowly ovoid, distinctly mucronate, pale brown.

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Juncus capillaceus Hook.f.
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
Juncus pusillus Buchenau

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Juncus pusillus Buchenau
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Juncus pusillus Buchenau
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Ruahine-Cook
Juncus pusillus Buchenau
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Volcanic Plateau

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eaa6ad8e-cb82-4c78-a734-f134c44a257b
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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