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It has long, rushlike leaves, and yellow or white fragrant flowers.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L by Project Gutenberg

Every one is familiar with its tall, green, naked, rushlike stems, bearing on the ends of the branchlets the small balls of white or pinkish flowers.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth