Juncus covillei |
Juncus xiphioides |
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Coville's rush |
iris-leaf rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, strongly rhizomatous, 0.5–2.5 dm. | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 5–9 dm. | ||||
Rhizomes | 2–3 mm diam. |
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Culms | erect, slightly flattened. |
erect, 2–6 mm diam. |
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Cataphylls | 0 or 1–2, straw-colored, apex narrowly acute. |
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Leaves | basal 2–5, cauline 2–4; auricles absent or, if present, 0.5–1.5 mm, apex acute; blade flat, 5–15 cm × 2–3 mm. |
basal 1–3, cauline 2–6, straw-colored; auricles absent; blade 10–40 cm x (3–)7–12 mm. |
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Inflorescences | glomerules, 1–6, each with 3–7 flowers, open to aggregate, 2–6 cm; primary bract or distal leaves usually exceeding inflorescences. |
panicles or racemes of 20–50 heads, 2–14 cm, erect or ascending branches; primary bract erect; heads 15–70-flowered, obovoid to globose, 7–11 mm diam. |
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Flowers | tepals usually brown, ovate-oblong, 3–4 mm, margins scarious; inner series slightly shorter, minutely papillate; stamens 6, filaments 0.8–1.4 mm, anthers 0.8–1.4 mm; style 1 mm. |
tepals green to brown or reddish brown, lanceolate, 2.4–3.7 mm, nearly equal, apex acuminate; stamens 6; anthers ½1/2 to equal filament length. |
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Capsules | 3-locular, narrowly ovoid, 4–5 mm. |
slightly exserted, chestnut to dark brown, 1-locular, ellipsoid, 2.4–3.8 mm, apex acuminate, not beaked. |
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Seeds | narrowly ovoid, 0.3 mm, not tailed. |
elliptic to obovate, 0.4–0.6 mm, not tailed. |
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2n | = 40. |
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Juncus covillei |
Juncus xiphioides |
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Phenology | Fruiting early summer–fall. | |||||
Habitat | Salt marshes, moist areas, ditches, springs, lake and stream shores | |||||
Elevation | 500–1600 m (1600–5200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; BC; Coastal to montane areas
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AZ; CA; NM; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
This species and the next (Juncus ensifolius) are closely related and have been treated as members of a single species (J. xiphioides) by Engelmann. Until a study of the complete subgenus is done, we are hesitant to use a varietal name (J. xiphioides var. triandrus) for the widespread western taxon J. ensifolius. (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. Graminifolii | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Ensifolii | ||||
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Synonyms | J. falcatus var. paniculatus | J. xiphioides var. auratus, J. xiphioides var. littoralis | ||||
Name authority | Piper: Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium 11: 182. (1906) | E. Meyer: Synopsis Juncorum 50. (1822) | ||||
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