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capitate rush, dwarf rush, leafy-bract dwarf rush
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knotty-leaf rush, sharp-fruit rush, tapered rush, tapertip rush
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| Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.3–1 dm. |
Herbs, perennial, cespitose, not rhizomatous, 1.4–10 dm. |
to 20. |
erect, terete, 1–3 mm diam., smooth. |
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1–2, gray, apex acute. |
basal; auricles absent; blade 0.5–2.5 cm × 0.5 mm. |
basal 1–2, cauline 1–2; auricles 1–1.5 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade green, straw-colored, or pink, nearly terete, 1–40 cm. |
glomerules 1–2, each with 2–10(–14) flowers; bracts subtending inflorescence 1(–2), foliose, clearly surpassing inflorescence. |
terminal panicles of 5–50 heads, 5–15 cm, branches ascending; primary bract erect; heads (2–)5–20(–50)-flowered, hemispheric (to spheric), 3–10 mm diam. |
tepals 6, tan to brownish, subulate, lanceolate-ovate, 3.5–4.5(–5) mm, 2 times length of inner tepals, margins scarious; inner series delicate, shorter, apex acute; stamens 3, filaments 1 mm, anthers 0.5 mm; style 0.4–0.7 mm. |
tepals light brown to greenish, lanceolate, 2.6–3.5(–3.9) mm, apex acuminate; stamens 3 (or 6), anthers 1/3 filament length. |
tan to reddish brown, 3-locular, globose to obovoid, 1.2–1.7 mm, shorter than tepals. |
equaling perianth or slightly exserted, straw-colored, 1-locular, ellipsoid to narrowly ovoid, 2.8–3.5(–4) mm, apex acute, valves separating at dehiscence, fertile throughout or only proximal to middle. |
ellipsoid-ovoid, 0.3–0.4 mm. |
ellipsoid to oblong, 0.3–0.4 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
= 18. |
= 40. |
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| Flowering and fruiting spring. |
Fruiting early summer–fall. |
| Moist to wet areas, usually in sandy, often disturbed soil such as roadsides or along trails |
Shores, swamps, ditches, springs, wet meadows, and rock outcrops |
| below 1000 m (below 3300 ft) |
0–2200 m (0–7200 ft) |
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CA; LA; OK; TX; native; Africa (north); Europe; Asia (Near East) [Introduced in North America]
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AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; BC; NS; ON; QC; Mexico; Central America (Honduras)
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| FNA vol. 22. |
FNA vol. 22. |
| Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Graminifolii |
Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati |
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. 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. 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. triformis, J. triglumis, J. trigonocarpus, J. uncialis, J. validus, J. vaseyi, J. xiphioides |
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J. acuminatus var. legitimus, J. pallescens, J. pondii |
| Weigel: Observ. Bot. 28. (1772) |
Michaux: Flora Boreali-Americana 1: 192. (1803) |
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