Juncus × alpiniformis
Bulbous Rush
Juncus bulbosus
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- Botanical name
- Juncus bulbosus
- Also known as
- Bulbous Rush, Spreading Rush
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Juncus
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Bulbous Rush
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Juncus bulbosus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Juncus annuus
Juncus bulbosus f. fluitans
Juncus bulbosus f. geniculatus
Juncus bulbosus f. maroccanus
Juncus bulbosus f. nanus
Juncus bulbosus f. pygmaeus
Juncus bulbosus f. submersus
Juncus bulbosus f. submucronatus
Juncus bulbosus f. uliginosus
Juncus bulbosus f. welwitschii
Juncus bulbosus subsp. kochii
Juncus bulbosus var. eusupinus
Juncus bulbosus var. fluitans
Juncus bulbosus var. maroccanus
Juncus bulbosus var. scapiger
Juncus bulbosus var. uliginosus
Juncus confervaceus
Juncus fasciculatus
Juncus fluitans
Juncus husnotii
Juncus husnotii
Juncus kochii
Juncus setifolius
Juncus subverticillatus
Juncus subverticillatus var. erectus
Juncus subverticillatus var. fluitans
Juncus subverticillatus var. supinus
Juncus subverticillatus var. uliginosus
Juncus supinus
Juncus supinus f. confervaceus
Juncus supinus f. fluitans
Juncus supinus f. nanus
Juncus supinus f. submersus
Juncus supinus prol. husnotii
Juncus supinus prol. kochii
Juncus supinus subsp. bulbosus
Juncus supinus subsp. eusupinus
Juncus supinus subsp. fluitans
Juncus supinus subsp. kochii
Juncus supinus subsp. uliginosus
Juncus supinus subsp. welwitschii
Juncus supinus unranked confervaceus
Juncus supinus unranked geniculatus
Juncus supinus var. aquatilis
Juncus supinus var. confervaceus
Juncus supinus var. cylindricus
Juncus supinus var. erectus
Juncus supinus var. erectus
Juncus supinus var. fluitans
Juncus supinus var. fluitans
Juncus supinus var. kochii
Juncus supinus var. nanus
Juncus supinus var. nigritellus
Juncus supinus var. nodosus
Juncus supinus var. prolifer
Juncus supinus var. pygmaeus
Juncus supinus var. repens
Juncus supinus var. repens
Juncus supinus var. repens
Juncus supinus var. terrestris
Others in Juncus
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