Juncus dubius |
Juncus regelii |
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dubius rush, mariposa rush, questionable rush |
Regel rush, Regel's rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 3–7.5 dm. | Herbs, perennial, 2–6 dm. |
Rhizomes | 2–3 mm diam., not swollen. |
long creeping. |
Culms | erect, terete, 2–4 mm diam., smooth or rugulose. |
erect, slightly compressed, never rooting at nodes. |
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. |
basal several, cauline 1–3; auricles absent, or essentially so; blade flat, 0.5–3 dm × 1.5–4 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. |
glomerules 1–5, each with (8–)10–30 flowers, congested to open, 2–6 cm; primary bract shorter than inflorescence. |
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 dark brown with green midstripe, lanceolate, 4–6 mm, margins scarious, occasionally papillose; inner series slightly shorter; stamens 6, filaments 1–1.3 mm, anthers 1–1.5 mm; style 0.6 mm. |
Capsules | exserted, chestnut brown, 1-locular, subuloidsubulate, (2.4–)3–3.9 mm, apex tapering to subulate tip, valves separating at dehiscence. |
tan or darker, 3-locular, obovoid, 3–5 mm, shorter than perianth. |
Seeds | obovoid, 0.3–0.4 mm, not tailed. |
ovoid, body 0.6–0.8 mm, tails 0.2–0.4 mm. |
2n | = 40. |
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Juncus dubius |
Juncus regelii |
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Phenology | Fruiting early summer–late fall. | Flowering and fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Montane meadows, riverbeds, canyons, aroyos | Moist to wet meadows in montane or subalpine areas |
Elevation | 100–1600 m (300–5200 ft) | 540–3000 m (1800–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
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Synonyms | J. rugulosus | J. jonesii |
Name authority | Engelmann | Buchenau: Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 12: 414. (1890) |
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