Common rush
Juncus effusus L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- —
Juncaceae
Also called Soft rush, Soft Rush
Formerly Agathryon effusum
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. Northern Hemisphere to W. South America, Rwanda to S. Africa, W. Indian OceanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, brownRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (8)
- Chinese
- 灯心草, 灯芯草, 灯心草根
- Simplified Chinese
- 灯心草, 灯芯草
- Czech
- sítina rozkladitá
- German
- Flatter-Binse, Flatterbinse
- Finnish
- röyhyvihvilä
- French
- Jonc diffus, jonc épars, Jonc épars
- Dutch
- pitrus, Pitrus
- Slovenian
- navadno ločje
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Juncus effusus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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