Juncus textilis |
Juncus castaneus |
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basket rush, mat or basket rush |
chestnut rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 10–20 dm. | Herbs, perennial, strongly rhizomatous, 1–4 dm. |
Rhizomes | long- creeping. |
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Culms | erect, 2–5 mm diam. |
solitary, 1–2 mm diam. |
Cataphylls | several. |
1–2. |
Leaves | blade absent. |
partially cauline, 3–5, auricles absent distally, rounded proximally; blade channeled, to 20 cm, reduced distally. |
Inflorescences | lateral, many flowered, loose; primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence. |
glomerules, 1–3(–5), each with 2–10 flowers; peduncles 0.4–1.5 cm; primary bracts somewhat inflated, usually surpassing inflorescence. |
Flowers | variously pedicellate; bracteoles membranous; tepals greenish to pale brown, lanceolate, 3.5–5 mm; inner series loosely subtending capsule at maturity, usually slightly shorter, margins scarious to clear, acutish; stamens 6, filaments 0.3–0.9 mm, anthers 1–2.5 mm; style 1–1.5 mm. |
bracteoles absent; tepals brown or occasionally paler, lanceolate, 4.5–6.6 mm, apex acute to obtuse; inner series slightly shorter; stamens 6, filaments 2.5–3.5 mm, anthers 0.6–1.3 mm; style 1–1.3 mm. |
Capsules | dark brown, 3-locular, oblate to narrowly ovoid, 3–4 mm, nearly equal to perianth. |
chestnut brown, 3-locular, narrowly oblong, 6.5–8.5 × 1.8–2.3 mm. |
Seeds | dark amber, oblate to ellipsoid, 0.5–0.8 mm. |
pale yellow, fusiform, body 0.6–0.7 mm, tails 0.8–1.1 mm. |
2n | = 60, 90, 120. |
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Juncus textilis |
Juncus castaneus |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | Flowering and fruiting late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Moist or wet exposed areas | Tundra, subalpine and alpine bogs and meadows, and along streams in gravelly or clayey soils |
Elevation | 100–1800 m (300–5900 ft) | 10–3700 m (0–12100 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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AK; CO; MT; NM; NV; UT; WY; AB; BC; LB; MB; NT; NU; ON; QC; SK; YT; Greenland; Europe; Asia |
Discussion | In southern Alaska some plants with several many-flowered heads and capsules about double the length of the perianth have been referred to the Asian Juncus castaneus subsp. leucochlamys. The distinction, however, seems dubious without further investigation. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
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Synonyms | J. lesueurii var. elatus | J. castaneus var. pallidus, J. castaneus subsp. leucochlamys, J. leucochlamys |
Name authority | Buchenau: Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 17: 336. (1903) | Smith: Fl. Brit. 1: 383. (1800) |
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