Juncus rupestris Kunth

Small delicate annuals 60-160 mm tall, forming small tufts; stems verruculose. Leaves many, filiform, 20-40 x 0.5 mm, reddish below, apiculate. Inflorescence umbellate, side branches 1-3(-5), filiform, up to 15 mm long, formed below oldest flowers, occasionally branching once again or, in young plants, inflorescence simple; capitula 1-4-flowered. Flowers ovoid, 3 mm long; outer tepals aris-tate, inner broader, obtuse, with a broad membranous margin, about as long as outer. Stamens 6, short; anthers about equal to filaments in length. Ovary oblong-globose, 3-lo-cular; style very short; stigmas 3, red, very short. Capsule oblong-globose, obtuse; seeds globose, 0.25 mm diam., golden yellow with a minute apiculus, obtuse to indented at base, indistinctly reticulate. Flowering in spring.

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.