Juncus dubius |
Juncus luciensis |
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dubius rush, mariposa rush, questionable rush |
Santa Lucia dwarf rush, Santa Lucia rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 3–7.5 dm. | Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.07–0.6 dm. |
Rhizomes | 2–3 mm diam., not swollen. |
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Culms | erect, terete, 2–4 mm diam., smooth or rugulose. |
to 160. |
Cataphylls | 1–2, pink to straw-colored, apex acute. |
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Leaves | basal 1–2, cauline 1–2; auricles 1–4.9 mm, , apex rounded, membranaceous; blade green to straw-colored, terete, 20–30 cm × 1.5–4 mm, rugulose or smooth. |
to 1.5 cm × 0.1–0.3 mm. |
Inflorescences | terminal panicles of 25–66 heads, 7–13 cm, branches spreading; primary bract erect; heads 6–10-flowered, hemispheric to obovoid, 5–10 mm diam. |
1(–2) flowers; bracts subtending inflorescence 2, round to acutely ovate, inconspicuous, 0.4–1.6 mm, membranous. |
Flowers | tepals straw-colored to brown, lanceolate, apex acuminate; outer tepals (2–)2.5–3.4 mm; inner tepals (2–)2.6–3.6 mm; stamens 6, anthers 1.5–2 times filament length. |
tepals pale yellow-green until seeds ripen, tip darker, 1.6–3(–4.2) mm; ; outer and inner series nearly equal or outer slightly longer; stamens 2–3, filaments 0.6–0.9 mm, anthers 0.3–0.5 mm; style 0.2–0.4 mm, stigma 0.6–1.1 mm. |
Capsules | exserted, chestnut brown, 1-locular, subuloidsubulate, (2.4–)3–3.9 mm, apex tapering to subulate tip, valves separating at dehiscence. |
pale yellow-green to reddish tinged until seeds ripen, 3-locular, ovoid to ellipsoid, 1.3–2.9 × 0.9–1.6 mm. |
Seeds | obovoid, 0.3–0.4 mm, not tailed. |
globose-ovoid, 0.3–0.4 mm. |
n | = 16. |
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2n | = 40. |
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Juncus dubius |
Juncus luciensis |
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Phenology | Fruiting early summer–late fall. | Flowering and fruiting spring-- to early summer. |
Habitat | Montane meadows, riverbeds, canyons, aroyos | Wet sandy soil of seepage areas on sandstone, depressions in meadows, vernal pools, and streamsides |
Elevation | 100–1600 m (300–5200 ft) | 300–1900 m (1000–6200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
Discussion | Juncus dubius has rugulose stems and leaves throughout most of its range, but on the periphery (in Mariposa, San Diego, and Sonoma counties, California) the plants are smooth. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Juncus luciensis occurs in California in the Diamond and Santa Lucia mountains and the Transverse and Peninsular ranges. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
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Synonyms | J. rugulosus | |
Name authority | Engelmann | Ertter: Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 39: 58, figs. 13c–e, 14. (1986) |
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