Juncus remotiflorus

Loosely tufted perennial with horizontal or ascending rhizome. Cataphylls tight or loose, pale to medium brown towards the base, the uppermost sometimes with a pinkish tinge, to c. 13 cm long. Culms erect, dull grey-green to blue-green, sometimes tinged reddish-purple or with a waxy bloom, (15–)30–90 cm high and (0.5–)1–2.7 mm diam.; striations crowded, 40–75, not strongly raised, variable in width but mostly fine; pith interrupted with very large air spaces; stomates superficial. Inflorescence very open, flowers widely spaced along erect or slightly curved (and often reddish) branchlets; primary bract continuous with culm, to c. 30 cm long; prophylls present. Tepals stramineous or with a faintly reddish tinged midrib, 2.5–4.0 mm long; stamens 3–6, anthers 0.5–1.0 mm long. Capsules stramineous, ± with a golden-brown apex, shorter than, equal to, or longer than the tepals, 2.5–4.5 mm long. Flowers mostly Nov.–Jan., seeds shed mostly Nov.–Feb.