Flora of Victoria

Tufted perennial with horizontal rhizomes. Cataphylls usually more or less tight, pale brown or pale pinkish-brown towards the base (rarely mid-dark brown), to c 12 cm long. Culms erect, typically slender and wiry, dull green to grey-or bluish-green, 20–90 cm high and 0.5–2.3 mm diam.; striations (18–)20–35(–40), strongly raised and easily counted; pith interrupted throughout or in part (rarely continuous), air spaces variable in size; stomates superficial. Inflorescence variable, flowers either clustered or scattered; primary bract continuous with culm, to c. 22 cm long; prophylls present. Tepals stramineous or rarely faintly reddish tinged, 2.0–4.0 mm long; stamens 3–6, anthers 0.6–1.0 mm long. Capsules stramineous with a golden-brown apex, shorter than, equal to, or longer than the tepals, 2.0–3.5 mm long. Flowers mostly Oct.–Jan., seeds shed mostly Nov.–Feb.

Brid, CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HFE, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, OtR, RobP, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, Wim. All States except NT. Introduced in New Zealand. A widespread species in Victoria, tending to occur in slightly drier sites than most species of subgenus Genuini.

Specimens of Juncus subsecundus are variable in inflorescence shape; at one extreme those with few tight flower clusters resembling J. filicaulis and at the other extreme those with very open inflorescences with widely spaced flowers resembling J. remotiflorus and J. radula. Juncus subsecundus often resembles J. flavidus but differs in having fewer, more prominent culm striations, superficial stomates and cataphylls that are paler towards the base.

Hybrids with J. sarophorus, J. remotiflorus, J. radula, J. pallidus, J. flavidus, J. filicaulis, J. australis, J. aridicola and J. amabilis are known.

Source: Albrecht, D.E. (1994). Juncus. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2019-03-04

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Poales

family Juncaceae

genus Juncus

Higher taxa

species Juncus subsecundus N.A.Wakef.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Juncus subsecundus in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Juncus subsecundus in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Bridgewater	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Robinvale Plains	present	native
Murray Fans	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native
Monaro Tablelands	present	native
Highlands-Far East	present	native
Victorian Alps	present	native
Snowy Mountains	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Juncus subsecundus N.A.Wakef.

Finger Rush

Victoria

State distribution