Botanical name

Juncus kraussii

Family

Juncaceae

Common Name

Rush, Biesie

Description

Hard, dark green, tufted perennial up to 1.2m. Leaves cylindrical, stem-like; flowers in pseudo-lateral panicles, brown.

After: Christian F. F. von Krausse (1812-1890), German botanist and traveller, Director of the Natural History Museum in Stuttgart, and plant collector in South Africa.

Habitat

Saline marshes

Flower Date

September to January