Bulbous Rush - Juncus bulbosus

A small, variable and often grass like plant, it is frequently viviparous with new plants growing out from the main plant instead of flowers.

Wet ground including bog, woodland and heath.

Flowers between June and September.

Perennial.

Widespread in much of Britain.

Local - Leicestershire records are almost entirely confined to Charnwood Forest and north west Leicestershire. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 26 of the 617 tetrads.