| Scientific Name: | Juncus effusus 'Spiralis' |
| Common Name: | corkscrew rush |
| Family Name: | Juncaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, 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: | Spreading |
| 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, Parallel venation, Glaucous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Green-yellow, Brown, Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Compact rhizomes; stems twisted like a corkscrew, rigid, tubular, 30-50cm long x 2-4mm wide, dark-green, pith solid; leaves absent or small, narrow, reduced to basal sheaths; cymes 2-5cm long, one sided, flowers 3-6mm long, yellowish-green to pale brown, Jul-Sep. | |