Juncus acutiflorus |
Juncus subcaudatus |
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sharpflower rush |
somewhat-tail rush, woodland rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, to 8 dm. | Herbs, perennial, cespitose, 1.5–6 dm. |
Rhizomes | 5–6 mm diam., nodes not swollen. |
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Culms | erect, terete, 3 mm diam., smooth. |
erect, 1–3 mm diam., smooth. |
Cataphylls | 1, straw-colored, apex acute. |
0–1, 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 1–3; auricles 0.5–1 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade terete, 4.5–15 cm × 1–2 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. |
panicles or racemes of 3–35 heads, 2–16 cm, branches widely spreading (at least the proximalmost); primary bract erect; heads 2–10(–20)-flowered, obconic to nearly spheric, 3–9 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 greenish, becoming straw-colored, lanceolate; outer tepals 1.8–3 mm, apex acuminate; inner tepals 2–3.2 mm, apex acuminate; stamens 3, anthers 1/3 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-colored, imperfectly 3-locular, ovoid to prismatic, 3–3.8 mm, apex acute proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence. |
Seeds | narrowly ovoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
ellipsoid, 0.7–1.2 mm, tailed; body covered with whitish translucent veil. |
Juncus acutiflorus |
Juncus subcaudatus |
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Phenology | Fruiting fall. | Fruiting late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Wet woods | Stream banks, lake and pond shores, bogs, and other wet places |
Elevation | 0–10 m (0–0 ft) | 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
NF; SPM; Europe; Asia; Africa |
AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; GA; IL; KY; MA; MD; ME; MO; NC; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; WV; NF; NS
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
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Synonyms | J. canadensis var. subcaudatus, J. subcaudatus var. planisepalus | |
Name authority | Ehrhart: in G. F. Hoffmann, Deutschl. Fl. 1: 125. (1791) | (Engelmann) Coville & S. F. Blake: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 31: 45. (1918) |
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