Juncus acutiflorus |
Juncus megacephalus |
|
---|---|---|
sharpflower rush |
bighead rush |
|
Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, to 8 dm. | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 3–11 dm. |
Rhizomes | 5–6 mm diam., nodes not swollen. |
3–4 diam. |
Culms | erect, terete, 3 mm diam., smooth. |
erect, terete, 3–4 mm diam., smooth. |
Cataphylls | 1, straw-colored, apex acute. |
1–2, purple, 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 0–1, cauline 2–3; auricles 0.5–2 mm, apex acute, membranaceous; blade terete, 0–24 cm × 0.5–1.7 mm, most distal cauline leaf blade 0–2 cm, shorter than sheath. |
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. |
panicles of (1–)3–21 heads, 1–8 cm, branches erect to spreading; primary bract erect; heads 40–60-flowered, spheric, 8–12 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. |
tepals straw-colored to reddish brown, lanceolate-subulate; outer tepals 2.9–4.1 mm, apex acuminate; inner tepals 2.2–3.7 mm, apex acuminate; stamens 3, anthers 1/4–1/2 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. |
exserted, , straw-colorerd, 1-locular, subulate, 2.5–4.2 mm, apex tapering to subulate beak, valves not separat ing at dehiscence, fertile throughout or only proximal to middle. |
Seeds | narrowly ovoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
ellipsoid to ovoid, 0.4 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
Juncus acutiflorus |
Juncus megacephalus |
|
Phenology | Fruiting fall. | Fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Wet woods | Fresh marshes, moist hollows of sand dunes, swales, roadside ditches, and dry fertile soil |
Elevation | 0–10 m (0–0 ft) | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) |
Distribution |
NF; SPM; Europe; Asia; Africa |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MD; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA
|
Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | ||
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | J. scirpoides var. carolinianus, J. scirpoides var. echinatus | |
Name authority | Ehrhart: in G. F. Hoffmann, Deutschl. Fl. 1: 125. (1791) | M. A. Curtis: Boston J. Nat. Hist. 1: 132. (1835) |
Web links |