Juncus hemiendytus |
Juncus nodatus |
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blood rush, dwarf rush, Herman's dwarf rush, Hermann's dwarf rush, juncus hemiendytus |
stout rush |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.03–0.36 dm. | Herbs, perennial, cespitose, 3–10 dm. | ||||
Roots | without terminal tubers. |
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Culms | to 5. |
erect, terete, 4–6 mm diam., smooth. |
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Cataphylls | 1–2, straw-colored, apex acute. |
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Leaves | to 1.8 cm, 1/2–1 1/3 height of plant. |
basal 1–2, cauline 1–2; auricles 1.2–1.5 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade straw-colored or green, terete, 20–65 cm × 1.1–3.5 mm, with prominent and conspicuous ringlike bands at position of cross partitions; distal cauline leaves reduced to 2.5 cm. |
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Inflorescences | solitary flowers. |
terminal panicles of 30–250 heads, 8–12 cm, branches spreading; primary bract erect to ascending; heads 2–10-flowered, broadly obovoid to hemispheric, 0.3–0.5 mm diam. |
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Flowers | 2-merous; : tepals 4(–6), erect to recurved at maturity, reddish, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1.2 mm; outer and outer series nearly equal, apex rounded to acute; stamens 2(–3), filaments 0.5–1.4 mm, anthers 0.3–0.7 mm; style 0.1–0.4 mm, stigma 2(–3), 0.3–1 mm. |
tepals straw-colored, lance-subulate, apex acuminate; outer tepals 1.9–2.2 mm; inner tepals 1.7–2.1 mm; stamens 3, anthers equal filament length. |
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Capsules | reddish, 2–- or 3-locular, obovoid to ellipsoid or oblate, 1.9–3.5 × 1–2 mm. |
exserted, straw-colored, 1-locular, ovoid, 1.9–2.5 mm, apex acute, valves separating at dehiscence. |
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Seeds | ovoid to oblate, 0.3–0.55 mm. |
oblong or ellipsoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
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Juncus hemiendytus |
Juncus nodatus |
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Phenology | Fruiting late spring–late summer. | |||||
Habitat | Commonly in shallow water, marshy shores, sloughs, wet flatwoods, and savannas, bogs, ditches, wet woods, shores, in standing water to 3 ft 1 m deep | |||||
Elevation | 100–200 m (300–700 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MO; OK; TN; TX
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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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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 22, p. 232. | FNA vol. 22. | ||||
Parent taxa | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Graminifolii | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati | ||||
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Synonyms | J. brachystylus, J. brachystylus var. uniflorus, J. triformis var. uniflorus | J. acuminatus var. robustus, J. robustus | ||||
Name authority | F. J. Hermann: Leaflets of Western Botany 5: 118. (1948) | Coville: in N. L. Britton and A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2 1: 482. (1913) | ||||
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