Juncus capensis seeds grow into the Cape rush a perennial rush native to the subtropical biome of South Africa and Lesotho, growing in wet grasslands, marshes and stream margins of the Cape Province and eastern South Africa. Described by Thunberg (Carl Peter Thunberg, 17431828, Swedish botanist and pupil of Linnaeus). The epithet capensis means ‘of the Cape’, referring to its South African Cape distribution. A typical South African rush of wetland and moist grassland habitats in the Cape floristic region and beyond. Family Juncaceae, Order Poales.

Full sun; moist to wet soils; warm subtropical South African conditions; wet grasslands and stream margins.

• ‘Capensis’ = of the Cape; Thunberg (17431828, Linnaeus pupil); South African Cape rush
• Wet grasslands, marshes and stream margins; Cape Province and eastern S. Africa
• S. Africa and Lesotho subtropical biome; Cape floristic region and beyond
• Rushes are round; genus Juncus ~260 species; Family Juncaceae
• Full sun; moist wet soils; warm subtropical; Family Juncaceae

Juncus capensis is the Cape rush described by Thunberg, the Swedish-Japanese botanist who also spent three years at the Cape, a South African rush of the wet grasslands and wetland margins that represent the Cape Province’s extraordinary botanical heritage beyond the famous fynbos flora.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.