Juncus arcticus |
Juncus triformis |
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arctic rush |
long-style dwarf rush, Yosemite dwarf rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 2–10 dm. | Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.5–1.5 dm. | ||||||||
Rhizomes | long- creeping. |
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Culms | erect, 1–3 mm diam. |
2–80, capillary, 0.1–4 mm diam. |
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Cataphylls | several. |
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Leaves | blade usually absent (present in var. mexicanus). |
1/5–1/3 height of plant. |
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Inflorescences | lateral, 3–many-flowered, loose to congested; primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence. |
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. |
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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. |
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. |
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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. |
reddish, 3-locular, ovoid to ellipsoid or oblate, 1.6–2.5 × 1.1–1.8 mm, usually 1/2 length of tepals. |
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Seeds | dark amber, oblate to ellipsoid, 0.6–0.8 mm. |
nearly globose to ellipsoid, 0.3–0.7 mm. |
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n | = 18. |
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Juncus arcticus |
Juncus triformis |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting spring–mid summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Shallow soil of seepage areas on granite outcrops, such as along stream banks, ditches, around springs | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–2500 m (0–8200 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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CA |
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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.) |
Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Genuini | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Graminifolii | ||||||||
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Synonyms | J. megaspermus, J. triformis var. stylosus | |||||||||
Name authority | Willdenow: Sp. Pl. 2: 206. (1799) | Engelmann | ||||||||
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