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Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.

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Juncus antarcticus Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part I, 79, t.46 (1844)
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1844
79, t.46
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Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
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Juncus antarcticus

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antarcticus

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Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.

Plant to 12 cm high. Leaves ± = stems. Inflorescence usually a single cluster of 2-10 flowers. Tepals usually black. Stamens 3, rarely 6. Capsule c. 3mm long, ± = tepals, black.

Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.

Tufted. Stems 2–12 cm. long, c. 1 mm. diam. at the base, tapering above. Lvs ∞, all basal, = or < stems, 1.5–7 cm. × c. 1 mm., lamina linear-subulate, solid, non-septate, canaliculate above, almost terete towards the obtuse tip, flattened towards the base; sheath broad, without auricles. Infl. a single, terminal, 2–10-fld head, 3–7–(10) mm. wide, very rarely 2 heads are present, the lower being smaller. Fls c. 3 mm. long; tepals ± equal, us. dark brown almost black, rarely light brown. Stamens 3, or rarely 6. Capsule almost = tepals, ovoid to oblong, black and shining towards the acute tip, mucro short and blunt.

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Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
Juncus brevifolius sensu Kirk
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
Juncus pauciflorus sensu Kirk
Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.

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Juncus antarcticus Hook.f.
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f0c6da8d-1eb3-40c1-b46b-72029c47e75d
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1 January 2000
16 June 2008
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