Juncus ensifolius |
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dagger rush, dagger-leaf rush, sword-leaf rush, three-stamen rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 2–6 dm. | ||||
Rhizomes | 2–3 mm diam. |
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Culms | 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 1–3, cauline 2–6, straw-colored; auricles absent; blade 2–25 cdm x 1.5–6 mm. |
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Inflorescences | panicles or racemes of 2–50 heads or heads solitary, 2–14 cm, erect or ascending branches; primary bract erect; heads 3–70-flowered, obovoid to globose, 7–11 mm diam. |
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Flowers | tepals green to brown or reddish brown, lanceolate; outer tepals 2.7–3.6(–4) mm, apex acuminate; inner tepals 2.2–3(–3.5) mm, nearly equal, apex acuminate; stamens 3 or 6; anthers ½1/2 to equal filament length. |
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Capsules | included to slightly exserted, chestnut to dark brown, 1-locular, oblong, 2.4–4.3 mm, apex obtuse proximal to beak. |
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Seeds | elliptic to obovate, 0.4–1 mm, occasionally tailed. |
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Juncus ensifolius |
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Distribution |
AK; AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; NY; OR; SD; TX; UT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; ON; QC; SK [Introduced in Europe and East Asia]
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | ||||
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Name authority | Wikstrom: Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar 2: 274. (1823) | ||||
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