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Juncus subsecundus N.A.Wakef.
Finger Rush

Reference
Victorian Naturalist 73:211-212 (1957)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Colonial perennial, herb, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. Oct to Dec or Jan. Clay. Swamps.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 August 1994
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Broomehill-Tambellup, Busselton, Capel, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Kent, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Manjimup, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Northam, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Victoria Plains, Wagin, West Arthur, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn, York.