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thread rush
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bulbous rush, spreading rush
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| Herbs, perennial, 0.2–3.5 dm. |
Herbs, perennial, cespitose, often with basal bulblike swellings, occasionally appearing rhizomatous, 0.3–3 dm, to 10 dm when floating or submersed. |
widely creeping, sparingly branched, 1.5–2 mm diam., nodes closely set. |
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terete, 1 mm diam. |
erect or decumbent and rooting at nodes, or floating, terete, 1–2 mm diam., smooth. |
several. |
1, straw-colored, apex acute. |
blade absent. |
basal 1, cauline 0–1; auricles 0.4–1 mm, apex acute, scarious; blade terete, occasionally filiform, flaccid, forming carpets, 2–10 cm × 0.8–1.4 mm. |
3–10(–12)-flowered, loosely congested, 1–2 cm; primary bract terete, nearly equaling to much longer than culm. |
terminal racemes of 1–8(–30) heads, or single head, 2–10 cm, branches erect; primary bract erect; heads 2–6(–15)-flowered, obconic, 4.5–6.5 mm diam. |
pedicellate; bracteoles broadly ovate, tepals light brown or green, lanceolate, 2.5–4.2 mm; inner series loosely subtending capsule at maturity, slightly shorter, margins scarious; stamens 6, filaments 0.5–0.9 mm, anthers 0.5–0.7 mm; style 0.2 mm. |
often forming bulbils; tepals pale brown, ovate to lanceolate or inner oblong, 2–3.6 mm, nearly equal, apex acute to obtuse; stamens 3 or 6, anthers 3/4 to equal filament length. |
tan, 3-locular, nearly globose, 2.5–3 × 1.8–2.1 mm, shorter than perianth. |
equaling perianth or exserted (to 0.5 mm beyond tepals), chestnut brown, 1-locular, cylindric, 2.5–4 mm, apex obtuse proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence. |
amber, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed. |
ellipsoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
= 40, 70, 80, 84. |
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| Flowering and fruiting summer. |
Fruiting mid summer–early fall. |
| Usually sandy, moist or wet soil along stream banks, pools, lakes or in meadow depressions, rarely in bogs, frequently hidden by larger vegetation |
Margins and siliceous or peaty shores of pools and streams, often floating |
| 0–3000 m (0–9800 ft) |
0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
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AK; CO; ID; MA; ME; MI; MN; MT; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OR; PA; UT; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NL; NS; NT; NU; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; SPM; Greenland; Eurasia; Atlantic Islands (Iceland)
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OR; WA; BC; NF; NS; SPM; Europe; n Africa [Probably introduced in North America] |
| FNA vol. 22. |
FNA vol. 22. |
| Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Genuini |
Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati |
J. acuminatus, J. acutiflorus, J. acutus, J. alpinoarticulatus, J. anthelatus, J. arcticus, J. articulatus, J. biglumis, J. bolanderi, J. brachycarpus, J. brachycephalus, J. brachyphyllus, J. brevicaudatus, J. bryoides, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. caesariensis, J. canadensis, J. capillaris, J. capitatus, J. castaneus, J. chlorocephalus, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. cooperi, J. coriaceus, J. covillei, J. debilis, J. dichotomus, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dubius, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. elliottii, J. ensifolius, J. falcatus, J. filipendulus, J. georgianus, J. gerardii, J. greenei, J. gymnocarpus, J. hallii, J. hemiendytus, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. leiospermus, J. lesueurii, J. longistylis, J. luciensis, J. macrandrus, J. macrophyllus, J. marginatus, J. maritimus, J. megacephalus, J. mertensianus, J. militaris, J. nevadensis, J. nodatus, J. nodosus, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. pervetus, J. phaeocephalus, J. polycephalus, J. regelii, J. repens, J. roemerianus, J. scirpoides, J. secundus, J. squarrosus, J. stygius, J. subcaudatus, J. subtilis, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. texanus, J. textilis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trifidus, J. triformis, J. triglumis, J. trigonocarpus, J. uncialis, J. validus, J. vaseyi, J. xiphioides |
J. acuminatus, J. acutiflorus, J. acutus, J. alpinoarticulatus, J. anthelatus, J. arcticus, J. articulatus, J. biglumis, J. bolanderi, J. brachycarpus, J. brachycephalus, J. brachyphyllus, J. brevicaudatus, J. bryoides, J. bufonius, J. caesariensis, J. canadensis, J. capillaris, J. capitatus, J. castaneus, J. chlorocephalus, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. cooperi, J. coriaceus, J. covillei, J. debilis, J. dichotomus, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dubius, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. elliottii, J. ensifolius, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. filipendulus, J. georgianus, J. gerardii, J. greenei, J. gymnocarpus, J. hallii, J. hemiendytus, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. leiospermus, J. lesueurii, J. longistylis, J. luciensis, J. macrandrus, J. macrophyllus, J. marginatus, J. maritimus, J. megacephalus, J. mertensianus, J. militaris, J. nevadensis, J. nodatus, J. nodosus, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. pervetus, J. phaeocephalus, J. polycephalus, J. regelii, J. repens, J. roemerianus, J. scirpoides, J. secundus, J. squarrosus, J. stygius, J. subcaudatus, J. subtilis, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. texanus, J. textilis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trifidus, J. triformis, J. triglumis, J. trigonocarpus, J. uncialis, J. validus, J. vaseyi, J. xiphioides |
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J. kockii, J. supinus |
| Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 326. (1753) |
Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 327. (1753) |
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