Juncus leschenaultii J. Gay ex Laharpe; J. prismatocarpus var. leschenaultii (J. Gay ex Laharpe) Buchenau.

Leaf blade compressed, incompletely septate.

Wet grasslands in sparse forests, trail sides on mountain slopes, fields, marshy places, swampy river banks, streamsides, sink holes; near sea level to 1300 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia, Pacific Islands (New Zealand)].