Juncus acutiflorus |
Juncus dichotomus |
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sharpflower rush |
dichotomous rush, fork rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, to 8 dm. | Herbs, perennial, to 10 dm. |
Rhizomes | 5–6 mm diam., nodes not swollen. |
densely branched to short- creeping. |
Culms | erect, terete, 3 mm diam., smooth. |
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Cataphylls | 1, straw-colored, apex acute. |
1–3. |
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-)2-3; auricles 0.2-0.5(-0.6) mm, scarious to leathery; blade nearly terete, channeled or flat, 10-25(-40) cm × (0.5-)0.7-1(-1.2) mm, margins entire. |
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, (5–)10–85(–100)-flowered, congested to somewhat loose, (1-)2.5-10(-13) cm; primary bract usually exceeding inflorescence. |
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. |
bracteoles 2; tepals green, lanceolate, (3-)3.3-4.5(-5.5) mm; outer and inner series nearly equal; stamens 6, filaments 0.6–1.2 mm, anthers 0.4-0.8(-1) mm; style 0.2 mm. |
Capsules | inserted with beak exserted, straw-colored, 1-locular, narrowly ovoid, 2.3–2.4 mm, tapering to subulate tip, valves separating at dehiscence. |
tan to brown, 1-locular to pseudo-3-locular, ellipsoid to widely so, (2.5-)2.8-3.5(-4.5) × 1x 1.6-2.2 mm. |
Seeds | narrowly ovoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
brownish to amber, ellipsoid to lunate, 0.3-0.4 mm, not tailed. |
2n | = ca. 80. |
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Juncus acutiflorus |
Juncus dichotomus |
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Phenology | Fruiting fall. | Flowering and fruiting late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Wet woods | Ditches, shores, clearings, and other typically open areas, usually in sandy, well-drained (but frequently wet) soil |
Elevation | 0–10 m (0–0 ft) | |
Distribution |
NF; SPM; Europe; Asia; Africa |
AL; AR; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; KY; LA; MA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; WV; Mexico; Central America; South America; Texas
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
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Synonyms | J. dichotomus var. platyphyllus, J. tenuis var. dichotomus, J. tenuis var. platyphyllus, J. platyphyllus | |
Name authority | Ehrhart: in G. F. Hoffmann, Deutschl. Fl. 1: 125. (1791) | Elliott |
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