Juncus arcticus |
Juncus hallii |
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arctic rush |
Hall's rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 2–10 dm. | Herbs, perennial, strongly tufted, to 4 dm. | ||||||||
Rhizomes | long- creeping. |
densely short-branched. |
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Culms | erect, 1–3 mm diam. |
terete. |
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Cataphylls | several. |
several. |
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Leaves | blade usually absent (present in var. mexicanus). |
auricles 0.2 mm, apex acutish to rounded, scarious; blade 4–15 cm. |
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Inflorescences | lateral, 3–many-flowered, loose to congested; primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence. |
2–7-flowered, loose to congested; primary bract usually longer than inflorescence. |
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Flowers | variously pedicellate; bracteoles membranous; tepals chestnut brown or paler, lanceolate, (2.5–)3.3–5.5(–6) mm, margins clear; inner series loosely subtending capsule at maturity; usually slightly shorter, margins scarious to clear, apex acutish to obtuse; stamens 6, filaments 0.2–1.1 mm, anthers 0.9–2.2 mm; style 0.9–1.5 mm. |
pedicellate; bracteoles ovate; tepals light brown with green midstripe, lanceolate or widely so, 4–5 mm, margins scarious; inner series loosely subtending capsule at maturity, shorter; stamens 6, filaments 0.8 mm, anthers 0.8–1.1 mm; style 0.2 mm. |
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Capsules | 3-locular or infrequently pseudo-3-locular, oblate to narrowly ovoid, 3.5–4(–4.5) mm, equal to or exceeding perianth. |
brown, 3-locular, oblong-ovoid, 3.5–5 × 1.5–1.9 mm, slightly exceeding perianth. |
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Seeds | dark amber, oblate to ellipsoid, 0.6–0.8 mm. |
amber, body 0.5 mm, tails 0.3 mm. |
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Juncus arcticus |
Juncus hallii |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Exposed slopes, stream banks, and meadows in montane and alpine areas | |||||||||
Elevation | 1600–3000 m (5200–9800 ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AK; AR; AZ; CA; CO; DE; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; ND; NE; NH; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; SD; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NS; NT; NU; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Mexico; South America; Asia
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CO; ID; MT; UT; WA; WY |
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Discussion | Numerous entities have been circumscribed and recognized at various nomenclatural ranks by a plethora of authors addressing state or regional floras. In considering the Juncus arcticus-balticus complex as a whole in North America, one is soon confronted with a wide-ranging and obviously polymorphic complex that has not read the literature. It is abundantly clear that the systematics of the group will not be solved on the basis of morphology alone and that resolution of the problem is ripe for molecular investigations. Varieties 3 7 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Genuini | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Genuini | ||||||||
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Name authority | Willdenow: Sp. Pl. 2: 206. (1799) | Engelmann | ||||||||
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