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sharpflower rush
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hair-leaf rush, hairy-leaf rush, spreading rush
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| Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, to 8 dm. |
Herbs, perennial, cespitose or matted, often decumbent, rooting at proximal nodes or floating, 0.3–5 dm. |
5–6 mm diam., nodes not swollen. |
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erect, terete, 3 mm diam., smooth. |
erect, decumbent and rooting at nodes, or floating, terete, 1–2 mm diam., smooth. |
1, straw-colored, apex acute. |
0 or 1–2, straw-colored, apex acute. |
basal 1, cauline 2; auricles 0.5 mm, apex rounded, cartilaginous; blade 7–45 cm x 1–2 mm, terete, not scabrous. |
basal 1–3, cauline 1–4; auricles 0.8–2.1 mm, apex rounded to acute, membranaceous; blade terete, 3.7–15 cm × 0.4–1.3 mm, occasionally with filiform, flaccid, and floating leaves to 60 cm. |
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 2–9 heads, 2–10 cm, branches erect; primary bract erect; heads 2–12-flowered, obconic or rarely hemispheric, 4–13 mm diam. |
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 light brown or greenish to reddish brown, linear to narrowly lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate-subulate; outer tepals (2.1–)2.8–4.9 mm; inner tepals (2.1–)2.8–5.5 mm; stamens 3 or 6, anthers 1/2–3/4 filament length. |
inserted with beak exserted, straw-colored, 1-locular, narrowly ovoid, 2.3–2.4 mm, tapering to subulate tip, valves separating at dehiscence. |
usually exserted, dark brown, 1-locular, ovoid to oblong, (3.2–)3.5–6.1 mm, apex acute to acuminate proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence. |
narrowly ovoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
narrowly obovoid to obovoid, 0.6–0.7 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown.. |
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= ca. 30, ca. 50–60, 2n = ca. 112. |
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| Fruiting fall. |
Fruiting mid summer–fall. |
| Wet woods |
Pond, lake and river shores, marshes, bogs, and ditches |
| 0–10 m (0–0 ft) |
0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) |
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NF; SPM; Europe; Asia; Africa |
AK; CA; OR; WA; BC
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The northern California and southern Oregon populations (Juncus supiniformis in the strict sense) form long filiform leaves before flowering, are shorter, and have smaller flowers than the northern populations. Except for the filiform leaves, the variation in sizes appears to follow a rough latitudinal cline with the largest plants and largest flowers in Alaska. Flowers of Juncus supiniformis often form bulbils. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
| FNA vol. 22. |
FNA vol. 22. |
| Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati |
Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati |
J. acuminatus, J. acutus, J. alpinoarticulatus, J. anthelatus, J. arcticus, J. articulatus, J. biglumis, J. bolanderi, J. brachycarpus, J. brachycephalus, J. brachyphyllus, J. brevicaudatus, J. bryoides, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. caesariensis, J. canadensis, J. capillaris, J. capitatus, J. castaneus, J. chlorocephalus, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. cooperi, J. coriaceus, J. covillei, J. debilis, J. dichotomus, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dubius, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. elliottii, J. ensifolius, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. filipendulus, J. georgianus, J. gerardii, J. greenei, J. gymnocarpus, J. hallii, J. hemiendytus, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. leiospermus, J. lesueurii, J. longistylis, J. luciensis, J. macrandrus, J. macrophyllus, J. marginatus, J. maritimus, J. megacephalus, J. mertensianus, J. militaris, J. nevadensis, J. nodatus, J. nodosus, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. pervetus, J. phaeocephalus, J. polycephalus, J. regelii, J. repens, J. roemerianus, J. scirpoides, J. secundus, J. squarrosus, J. stygius, J. subcaudatus, J. subtilis, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. texanus, J. textilis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trifidus, J. triformis, J. triglumis, J. trigonocarpus, J. uncialis, J. validus, J. vaseyi, J. xiphioides |
J. acuminatus, J. acutiflorus, J. acutus, J. alpinoarticulatus, J. anthelatus, J. arcticus, J. articulatus, J. biglumis, J. bolanderi, J. brachycarpus, J. brachycephalus, J. brachyphyllus, J. brevicaudatus, J. bryoides, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. caesariensis, J. canadensis, J. capillaris, J. capitatus, J. castaneus, J. chlorocephalus, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. cooperi, J. coriaceus, J. covillei, J. debilis, J. dichotomus, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dubius, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. elliottii, J. ensifolius, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. filipendulus, J. georgianus, J. gerardii, J. greenei, J. gymnocarpus, J. hallii, J. hemiendytus, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. leiospermus, J. lesueurii, J. longistylis, J. luciensis, J. macrandrus, J. macrophyllus, J. marginatus, J. maritimus, J. megacephalus, J. mertensianus, J. militaris, J. nevadensis, J. nodatus, J. nodosus, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. pervetus, J. phaeocephalus, J. polycephalus, J. regelii, J. repens, J. roemerianus, J. scirpoides, J. secundus, J. squarrosus, J. stygius, J. subcaudatus, J. subtilis, J. tenuis, J. texanus, J. textilis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trifidus, J. triformis, J. triglumis, J. trigonocarpus, J. uncialis, J. validus, J. vaseyi, J. xiphioides |
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J. oreganus, J. paucicapitatus |
| Ehrhart: in G. F. Hoffmann, Deutschl. Fl. 1: 125. (1791) |
Engelmann |
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