Botanical name
Juncus capensisFamily
JuncaceaeCommon Name
Cape RushDescription
Tufted perennial, 6-60cm. Leaves filiform to linear; flowers in cymes, pale with dark keels. (cyme: an inflorescence in which each successive branch ends in a flower; the next flower arising in the axil of a bract).
Latin: cape = Cape of Good Hope, -ensis = indicates country or place of growth (pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope).
Habitat
Damp flats and lower slopes
Flower Date
November to April