Juncus bufonius

Kamır

Annual, caespitose or 1-stemmed, 5-50 cm, stems erect or ascending with 1-5 leaves below inflorescence, lower bracts also leaf-like, lower leaves without auricles. Leaves 0.5-2 mm broad, flat but margins often convolute. Inflorescence lax or rarely some flowers in clusters. Perianth segments narrowly ovate, 6-8 mm; outer longer, apiculate, herbaceous for most part; inner apiculate to acute, with herbaceous centre and broad scarious margins. Stamens 6, 1/3-1/2 x perianth; anthers 0.5-1 mm, 1/3-1 x filaments. Capsule 3.5-5 mm, shorter than perianth, ovoid to almost ellipsoid, acute or obtuse, style usually persisting as a short mucro. Seeds 0.4-0.55 mm, smooth or finely striate. Fl. 3-9. More or less wet, often bare habitats, s.l.-2350 m.

Cosmopolitan.