Juncus dubius |
Juncus vaseyi |
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dubius rush, mariposa rush, questionable rush |
Vasey rush, Vasey's rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 3–7.5 dm. | Herbs, perennial, tufted, 2–7 dm. |
Rhizomes | 2–3 mm diam., not swollen. |
densely branching. |
Culms | erect, terete, 2–4 mm diam., smooth or rugulose. |
1–15(–25). |
Cataphylls | 1–2, pink to straw-colored, apex acute. |
1–2(–3). |
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, (1–)2–3; auricles 0.2–0.4(–0.6) mm, scarious, rarely ± leathery; blade green, nearly terete, 10–30 cm × 0.5–1 mm, margins entire. |
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. |
terminal, 5–15(–30)-flowered, congested or not, 1–5 cm; primary bract usually much 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. |
bracteoles 2; tepals greenish to tan, lanceolate or widely so, 3.3–4.4 mm; outer and inner series nearly equal, apex acuminate; stamens 6, filaments 0.5–0.9 mm, anthers 0.4–0.8 mm; style 0.1–0.2 mm. |
Capsules | exserted, chestnut brown, 1-locular, subuloidsubulate, (2.4–)3–3.9 mm, apex tapering to subulate tip, valves separating at dehiscence. |
golden tan or light brown, 3-locular, ellipsoid, (3.3–)3.8–4.7 × (1.1–)1.3–1.7 mm. |
Seeds | obovoid, 0.3–0.4 mm, not tailed. |
tan, ellipsoid to lunate, body (0.52–)5.5–0.65(–0.7) mm, tails 0.2–0.5 mm. |
2n | = 40. |
= ca. 80. |
Juncus dubius |
Juncus vaseyi |
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Phenology | Fruiting early summer–late fall. | Flowering and fruiting summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Montane meadows, riverbeds, canyons, aroyos | Permanently moist, usually exposed areas including wet meadows, raised sites or margins of bogs, or depressions along sandy lakeshores |
Elevation | 100–1600 m (300–5200 ft) | 200–1500 m (700–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CO; IA; ID; IL; ME; MI; MN; MT; ND; NY; SD; VT; WI; WY; AB; BC; LB; MB; NB; NS; NT; ON; QC; SK
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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. greenei var. vaseyi |
Name authority | Engelmann | Engelmann |
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