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Tiehm's dwarf rush

Habit Plants annual, 0.5–6 cm tall, unbranched.
Leaves

capillary;

basal.

Inflorescences

1–4(7) flowers in a terminal cluster;

flowers subtended by 2 bractlets;

tips acute.

Flowers

tepals usually 4, pale green or pink;

stamens 2(3);

filaments 0.6–0.9 mm;

anthers 0.3–0.4 mm;

styles 0.1– 0.3 mm.

Capsules

usually elliptic to oblong, equaling or longer than the tepals, pale green or pink.

Seeds

up to 7 per chamber, 12–30 per capsule, 0.3–0.5 × 0.2–0.3 mm, longitudinally striate (at 10×).

2n

=34.

Juncus acutus

Juncus tiehmii

Distribution
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Discussion

Damp depressions, stream banks, sunny floodplains. 1000– 2000m. BR, ECas. CA, NV, ID, WA; south to Mexico. Native.

Plants with few seeds per capsule have larger seeds, and thus some specimens might suggest J. capillaris, but there is no overlap. Juncus capillaris always has fewer than 10 seeds per capsule.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 284
Peter Zika
Sibling taxa
J. acuminatus, J. anthelatus, J. articulatus, J. balticus, J. bolanderi, J. brevicaudatus, J. breweri, J. bryoides, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. canadensis, J. capillaris, J. capitatus, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. conglomeratus, J. covillei, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. ensifolius, J. ensifolius x Juncus nevadensis, J. exiguus, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. gerardi, J. hemiendytus, J. hesperius, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. laccatus, J. lescurii, J. longistylis, J. marginatus, J. mertensianus, J. mexicanus, J. nevadensis, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. planifolius, J. ranarius, J. regelii, J. saximontanus, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. triglumis, J. trilocularis, J. uncialis
J. acuminatus, J. anthelatus, J. articulatus, J. balticus, J. bolanderi, J. brevicaudatus, J. breweri, J. bryoides, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. canadensis, J. capillaris, J. capitatus, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. conglomeratus, J. covillei, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. ensifolius, J. ensifolius x Juncus nevadensis, J. exiguus, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. gerardi, J. hemiendytus, J. hesperius, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. laccatus, J. lescurii, J. longistylis, J. marginatus, J. mertensianus, J. mexicanus, J. nevadensis, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. planifolius, J. ranarius, J. regelii, J. saximontanus, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. torreyi, J. triglumis, J. trilocularis, J. uncialis
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