Juncus macrophyllus |
Juncus scirpoides |
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long-leaf rush, rush |
needlepod rush, scirpuslike rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, tufted, 2–10 dm. | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, tosometimes nearly cespitose, 0.8–7 dm. |
Rhizomes | poorly developed. |
usually tuberous, 2–4 mm diam. |
Culms | erect, nearly terete to slightly compressed, never rooting at nodes. |
erect, terete, 1–3 mm diam., smooth. |
Cataphylls | 0–1. |
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Leaves | basal several, cauline 1–3; auricles rounded, 1–3 mm, apex acutish, membranous; blade pale green, basal blade striate, channeled, basal 1/2–1 times length of culm; cauline 8–15 cm × 1–3 mm. |
basal 1–2, cauline 2–3, green; auricles 1–2 mm, apex rounded, membranaceous; blade terete, 2–23 cm × 1–2 mm, distal cauline leaf blade 1.6–26 cm, equaling or longer than sheath. |
Inflorescences | glomerules, 8–25, each with 3–5 flowers, open; primary bract much shorter than inflorescence. |
terminal panicles of 1–23(–32) heads, 2.5–9 cm, branches ascending to erect; primary bracts erect; heads 20–60-flowered, spheric or usually lobed, 6–11 mm diam. |
Flowers | tepals greenish with reddish or brown tinge, lanceolate, 5–6 mm, outer series shorter; stamens 6, filaments 0.5–1 mm, anthers 1.8–2.6 mm; style 0.5–1 mm. |
tepals green to straw-colored, lance-subulate, 2–3.5 mm, nearly equal, apex acuminate; stamens 3, anthers 1/3 filament length. |
Capsules | tan, 3-locular, obovoid, 3–4.5 mm, shorter than perianth. |
exserted, straw-colored, 1-locular, lance-subulate, 3–4 mm, apex tapering, remaining attached at tip, valves not separating at dehiscence, fertile throughout or only proximal to middle. |
Seeds | ovoid, 0.6 mm, not tailed. |
oblong, 0.4 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
Juncus macrophyllus |
Juncus scirpoides |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | Fruiting early summer–fall. |
Habitat | Wet banks and meadows in chaparral and low mountains | Wet sandy soil, salt marshes, lake shores, ditches, meadows, wet woods |
Elevation | 700–2600 m (2300–8500 ft) | 0–1400 m (0–4600 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV
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AL; AR; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NE; NJ; NY; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; WV; Va
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Graminifolii | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati |
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Synonyms | J. canaliculatus, J. longistylis var. scabratus | J. echinatus, J. scirpoides var. compositus, J. scirpoides var. genuinus, J. scirpoides var. macrostemon, J. scirpoides var. meridionalis |
Name authority | Coville: University of California Publications in Botany 1: 65. (1902) | Lamarck: in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 3: 267. (1789) |
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