Juncus acutiflorus |
Juncus bulbosus |
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sharpflower rush |
bulbous rush, spreading rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, to 8 dm. | Herbs, perennial, cespitose, often with basal bulblike swellings, occasionally appearing rhizomatous, 0.3–3 dm, to 10 dm when floating or submersed. |
Rhizomes | 5–6 mm diam., nodes not swollen. |
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Culms | erect, terete, 3 mm diam., smooth. |
erect or decumbent and rooting at nodes, or floating, terete, 1–2 mm diam., smooth. |
Cataphylls | 1, straw-colored, apex acute. |
1, straw-colored, apex acute. |
Leaves | basal 1, cauline 2; auricles 0.5 mm, apex rounded, cartilaginous; blade 7–45 cm x 1–2 mm, terete, not scabrous. |
basal 1, cauline 0–1; auricles 0.4–1 mm, apex acute, scarious; blade terete, occasionally filiform, flaccid, forming carpets, 2–10 cm × 0.8–1.4 mm. |
Inflorescences | terminal panicles of 70–120 heads, 6–10 cm, branches ascending; primary bract erect; heads 3–5(–8)-flowered, obconic, 2–4 mm diam. |
terminal racemes of 1–8(–30) heads, or single head, 2–10 cm, branches erect; primary bract erect; heads 2–6(–15)-flowered, obconic, 4.5–6.5 mm diam. |
Flowers | tepals dark reddish brown, lanceolate, apex acuminate to subulate tipte; outer tepals 1.9–2.2 mm; inner tepals 2–2.3 mm; stamens 6, anthers 2 times filament length. |
often forming bulbils; tepals pale brown, ovate to lanceolate or inner oblong, 2–3.6 mm, nearly equal, apex acute to obtuse; stamens 3 or 6, anthers 3/4 to equal filament length. |
Capsules | inserted with beak exserted, straw-colored, 1-locular, narrowly ovoid, 2.3–2.4 mm, tapering to subulate tip, valves separating at dehiscence. |
equaling perianth or exserted (to 0.5 mm beyond tepals), chestnut brown, 1-locular, cylindric, 2.5–4 mm, apex obtuse proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence. |
Seeds | narrowly ovoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
ellipsoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
Juncus acutiflorus |
Juncus bulbosus |
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Phenology | Fruiting fall. | Fruiting mid summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Wet woods | Margins and siliceous or peaty shores of pools and streams, often floating |
Elevation | 0–10 m (0–0 ft) | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
Distribution |
NF; SPM; Europe; Asia; Africa |
OR; WA; BC; NF; NS; SPM; Europe; n Africa [Probably introduced in North America] |
Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
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Synonyms | J. kockii, J. supinus | |
Name authority | Ehrhart: in G. F. Hoffmann, Deutschl. Fl. 1: 125. (1791) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 327. (1753) |
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