Juncus hemiendytus |
Juncus tenuis |
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blood rush, dwarf rush, Herman's dwarf rush, Hermann's dwarf rush, juncus hemiendytus |
path rush, poverty or slender rush, poverty rush, slender rush |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.03–0.36 dm. | Herbs, perennial, tufted, 1.5–5 dm. | ||||
Rhizomes | densely branching. |
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Culms | to 5. |
few–20. |
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Leaves | to 1.8 cm, 1/2–1 1/3 height of plant. |
basal, (1–)2–3; auricles 2–5 mm, apex acute, membranous; blade flat, 3–12 cm × 0.5–1 mm, margins entire. |
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Inflorescences | solitary flowers. |
5–40-flowered, borne congested or branch internodes ca. as long as tepals, ssomewhat loose, 1–5 cm; primary bract usually longer than inflorescence. |
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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. |
bracteoles 2; tepals greenish, lanceolate, 3.3–4.4 mm; outer and inner series nearly equal; stamens 6, filaments 0.5–0.9 mm, anthers 0.1–0.2 mm; style 0.1–0.2 mm. |
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Capsules | reddish, 2–- or 3-locular, obovoid to ellipsoid or oblate, 1.9–3.5 × 1–2 mm. |
tan or light brown, 1-locular to pseudo-3-locular, ellipsoid, (3.3–)3.8–4.7 × (1.1–)1.3–1.7 mm, nearly equal to tepals. |
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Seeds | ovoid to oblate, 0.3–0.55 mm. |
tan, ellipsoid to lunate, (0.52–)5.5–0.65(–0.7) mm, not tailed. |
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2n | = 80. |
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Juncus hemiendytus |
Juncus tenuis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–early summer. | |||||
Habitat | Exposed or shaded sites in soils ranging from sandy to clayey under moist or drier conditions, oftentimes these sites naturally or otherwise disturbed (e.g., game or human trails) | |||||
Distribution |
AK; AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK [Introduced worldwide]
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Juncus tenuis occurs throughout North America. It is particularly abundant in northeastern United States and eastern Canada, although infrequent in the south and west. Through the use of isozyme electrophoresis, hybridization can be demonstrated between various members of the Juncus tenuis complex, including Juncus tenuis, J. anthelatus, J. interior, J. secundus, and J. dichotomus (R. E. Brooks, unpubl.). Juncus ××oronensis is thought to be a hybrid between J. tenuis and J. vaseyi in the northeast. (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. Poiophylli | ||||
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Synonyms | J. brachystylus, J. brachystylus var. uniflorus, J. triformis var. uniflorus | J. bicornis, J. bicornis var. williamsii, J. macer, J. macer, J. macer var. williamsii, J. tenuis var. bicornis, J. tenuis var. multicornis, J. tenuis var. williamsii | ||||
Name authority | F. J. Hermann: Leaflets of Western Botany 5: 118. (1948) | Willdenow: Sp. Pl. 2(1): 214. (1799) | ||||
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