Juncus hemiendytus |
Juncus phaeocephalus |
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blood rush, dwarf rush, Herman's dwarf rush, Hermann's dwarf rush, juncus hemiendytus |
brown-head rush |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.03–0.36 dm. | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 2–9 dm. | ||||
Rhizomes | 2–3 mm diam. |
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Culms | to 5. |
erect, 2–5 mm diam. |
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Cataphylls | 2, chestnut brown, apex acute. |
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Leaves | to 1.8 cm, 1/2–1 1/3 height of plant. |
basal 2, cauline 1–2, light green; auricles absent; blade 1–15 cm × 2–5 mm. |
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Inflorescences | solitary flowers. |
panicles of (2–)10–77 heads, 2–9.5 cm with ascending to erect branches, or heads solitary; primary bract erect; heads 3–35-flowered, spheric to obovoid, 0.5–1.2 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 dark brown to purplish brown, lanceolate, 3.3–4.8 mm, nearly equal; outer tepals acuminate, mucro subulate; inner tepals acuminate or cuspidate, mucro subulate; stamens 6, anthers 2–3 times length of filaments. |
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Capsules | reddish, 2–- or 3-locular, obovoid to ellipsoid or oblate, 1.9–3.5 × 1–2 mm. |
included, chestnut brown or straw-colored, 1-locular, oblong, 3.8–5.6 mm (including beak), apex acute proximal to beak, beak slightly exserted. |
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Seeds | ovoid to oblate, 0.3–0.55 mm. |
obovoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed. |
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Juncus hemiendytus |
Juncus phaeocephalus |
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Phenology | Fruiting summer. | |||||
Habitat | Meadows and borders of swamps | |||||
Elevation | 100–300 m (300–1000 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Plants with more than 10 heads of 3–12 flowers have been separated as Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus Engelmann. This variety is very similar to the neext species (Juncus macrandrus) and is probably better treated as part of that species. Until a more thorough study has been made of the entire subgenus, we are hesitant to make such a transfer. (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. Ensifolii | ||||
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Synonyms | J. brachystylus, J. brachystylus var. uniflorus, J. triformis var. uniflorus | J. phaeocephalus var. paniculatus | ||||
Name authority | F. J. Hermann: Leaflets of Western Botany 5: 118. (1948) | Engelmann | ||||
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