Scientific Name: Juncus effusus 'Spiralis'
Common Name: corkscrew rush
Family Name: Juncaceae
Origin: Africa, Central / west Asia, Europe, Garden origin, North America, South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Plant Type: Aquatic plant, Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like)
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Irregular
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Aquatic - ponds, Container planting, Summer interest, Wetland - bogs
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Acidic, Bog, Rocky or gravelly or dry
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Lustrous, Linear
Flowers: Cyme, Green-yellow, Brown, Jun
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Stiff rush with narrow, spongy, round, dark green linear leaves that are curled like a corkscrew.