Juncus brachycephalus |
Juncus longistylis |
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small-head rush |
long-style rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, cespitose, 2–7 dm. | Herbs, perennial, 2–6 dm. |
Rhizomes | long creeping. |
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Culms | erect, 1–4 mm diam., smooth. |
slightly compressed. |
Cataphylls | 1–2, straw-colored to pink, apex acute. |
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Leaves | basal 1–3, cauline 1–2; auricles 0.6–1.5 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade terete to compressed, 0.2–12 cm × 0.5–2 mm. |
basal 2–5, cauline 1–3; auricles 1–2.5 mm, apex truncate to obtuse; blade flat, 1–3 dm × 1.5–3 mm, the cauline shorter. |
Inflorescences | panicles of 5–80 heads, 5–25 cm, branches ascending; primary bract erect; heads 2–6-flowered, ellipsoid to obovoid, 2–5 mm diam. |
glomerules 1–4(–8), each with 3–12 flowers, open or aggregate, 2–6(–10) cm; primary bract shorter than inflorescence. |
Flowers | tepals green to light brown, lanceolate; outer tepals 1.8–2.5 mm, apex obtuse to nearly acute; inner tepals 2–2.8 mm, apex obtuse to nearly acute; stamens 3 or 6, anthers 1/2 filament length. |
tepals brown with green midstripe, lanceolate, 5–6 mm, margins scarious, sometimes papillose; outer series slightly shorter; stamens 6, filaments 0.5–1 mm, anthers 1.2–2 mm; style 0.6 mm. |
Capsules | exserted, chestnut to dark brown, imperfectly 3-locular, obconic, 2.4–3.8 mm, apex acute proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence. |
tan, 3-locular, obovoid, 3–5 mm, shorter than perianth. |
Seeds | ellipsoid to fusiform, 0.8–1.2 mm, tailed; body covered with whitish translucent veil. |
ovoid, 0.4–0.6 mm, not tailed. |
2n | = 80. |
= 40. |
Juncus brachycephalus |
Juncus longistylis |
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Phenology | Fruiting summer–early fall. | Flowering and fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Calcareous marshes, wet meadows, and wetland shores | Moist ground in mountain meadows |
Elevation | 100–200 m (300–700 ft) | 1000–3300 m (3300–10800 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; CO; CT; GA; IL; IN; MA; ME; MI; MN; NC; ND; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NS; ON; QC;
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AZ; CA; CO; ID; MI; MN; MT; ND; NE; NM; NV; OR; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; NF; ON; QC; SK
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Graminifolii |
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Synonyms | J. canadensis var. brachycephalus | |
Name authority | (Engelmann) Buchenau: Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 12: 268. (1890) | Torrey: in W. H. Emory, Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, ... 2(1): 223. (1859) |
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