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| Strongly tufted perennial with stout rhizomes, the stems terete, 2-10 dm. tall, finely grooved, 1.5-3 mm. thick. |
Strongly tufted, matted perennial, the flowering stems 10-30 cm. tall, slender and terete. |
Leaves bladeless or with a short, awn-like blade; leaf bases sheathing, the sheaths pale to deep brown, 5-12 cm. long. |
Leaf bases with sheaths 1-4 cm. long, the uppermost with a slender, terete blade 3-6 cm. long; lower sheaths bladeless, or with bristle-like blades less than 1 cm. long. |
Inflorescence apparently lateral, the involucral bract terete and resembling the stem, 5-20 cm. long, up to 1/3 the length of the stem; flowers numerous in a subcapitate to diffuse panicle up to 15 cm. long; perianth 2.5-3.5 mm. long, the 6 segments narrowly lanceolate; stamens 3, opposite the outer tepals. |
Flowers 1-3, clustered but borne singly, each subtended by two brownish, ovate, membranous bractlets; involucral bract 2-4 cm. long, terete, erect, sharp-pointed, imitating the stem; outer 3 perianth segments 6-7 mm. long, lanceolate-acuminate, the inner 3 slightly shorter, acute to rounded; stamens 6. |
Capsule equal to the perianth, obovoid but three-angled above, flat on the end. |
Capsule slightly exceeding the perianth, acute. |
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| June-August |
June-August |
| Moist areas, from coastal tideflats to mountain meadows and ridges. |
Exposed rocky slopes and stream banks from middle elevations to the alpine. |
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains. |
| Both native and introduced |
Native |
| Not of concern |
Not of concern |
J. acuminatus, J. alpinoarticulatus, J. anthelatus, J. articulatus, J. balticus, J. bolanderi, J. brachycarpus, J. brevicaudatus, J. breweri, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. canadensis, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. conglomeratus, J. covillei, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dudleyi, J. ensifolius, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. gerardi, J. hemiendytus, J. hesperius, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. laccatus, J. longistylis, J. mertensianus, J. nevadensis, J. nodosus, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. pylaei, J. regelii, J. saximontanus, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trilocularis, J. uncialis, J. vaseyi |
J. acuminatus, J. alpinoarticulatus, J. anthelatus, J. articulatus, J. balticus, J. bolanderi, J. brachycarpus, J. brevicaudatus, J. breweri, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. canadensis, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. conglomeratus, J. covillei, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. ensifolius, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. gerardi, J. hemiendytus, J. hesperius, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. laccatus, J. longistylis, J. mertensianus, J. nevadensis, J. nodosus, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. pylaei, J. regelii, J. saximontanus, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trilocularis, J. uncialis, J. vaseyi |
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BC, 
CA, 
OR, 
WA
Flora NW, 
PNW Herbaria
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database
