Juncus striatus, Schousboe ex E. H. F. Meyer

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 110

44. J. striatus Schousboe ex E. H. F. Meyer , Syn. June. 27 (1822).

Perennial with a horizontally creeping rhizome. Stems 30-70 cm, with several basal sheaths and 2-5 cauline leaves. Leaves unitubulose, perfectly and distinctly septate. Leaves, sheaths and stems strongly longitudinally sulcate. Inflorescence of 2-20 heads; heads hemispherical to globose, with 8-30 flowers. Perianth-segments 3-5-5 mm, the inner markedly longer than the outer, narrowly ovate to lanceolate, cuspidate, the outer acute or mucronate. Stamens as long as perianth; anthers 1 -2-1-8 mm, 2-3 times as long as the filaments. Capsule exceeding the perianth, trigonous-ovoid, tapering to a beak. Seeds 0-5-0-6 mm. Damp places. Mediterranean region and S. W. Europe. Ga Gr Hs It Lu Tu.