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sharpflower rush
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long-style dwarf rush, Yosemite dwarf rush
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| Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, to 8 dm. |
Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.5–1.5 dm. |
5–6 mm diam., nodes not swollen. |
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erect, terete, 3 mm diam., smooth. |
2–80, capillary, 0.1–4 mm diam. |
1, straw-colored, apex acute. |
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basal 1, cauline 2; auricles 0.5 mm, apex rounded, cartilaginous; blade 7–45 cm x 1–2 mm, terete, not scabrous. |
1/5–1/3 height of plant. |
terminal panicles of 70–120 heads, 6–10 cm, branches ascending; primary bract erect; heads 3–5(–8)-flowered, obconic, 2–4 mm diam. |
headlike clusters, each with 1–7 flowers, bracts subtending inflorescence 2–10, ovate to broadly lanceolate, inconspicuous, 0.7–2.4 mm, membranous, apex acute. |
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 reddish with green central band, linear to lanceolate, 1.9–4.5 × 0.5–1.1 mm; inner series slightly longer than outer, apex acuminate to attenuate; stamens 3, filaments 0.4–1.1 mm, anthers 1–2.2 mm; style persistent, 1–3.2 mm, stigma 0.5–2.5 mm. |
inserted with beak exserted, straw-colored, 1-locular, narrowly ovoid, 2.3–2.4 mm, tapering to subulate tip, valves separating at dehiscence. |
reddish, 3-locular, ovoid to ellipsoid or oblate, 1.6–2.5 × 1.1–1.8 mm, usually 1/2 length of tepals. |
narrowly ovoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
nearly globose to ellipsoid, 0.3–0.7 mm. |
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= 18. |
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| Fruiting fall. |
Flowering and fruiting spring–mid summer. |
| Wet woods |
Shallow soil of seepage areas on granite outcrops, such as along stream banks, ditches, around springs |
| 0–10 m (0–0 ft) |
0–2500 m (0–8200 ft) |
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NF; SPM; Europe; Asia; Africa |
CA |
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Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
| FNA vol. 22. |
FNA vol. 22. |
| Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati |
Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Graminifolii |
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. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. texanus, J. textilis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trifidus, J. triglumis, J. trigonocarpus, J. uncialis, J. validus, J. vaseyi, J. xiphioides |
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J. megaspermus, J. triformis var. stylosus |
| Ehrhart: in G. F. Hoffmann, Deutschl. Fl. 1: 125. (1791) |
Engelmann |
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