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basket rush, mat or basket rush
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Colorado rush
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| Herbs, perennial, 10–20 dm. |
Herbs, perennial, cespitose, 3–5 dm. |
long- creeping. |
densely branched. |
erect, 2–5 mm diam. |
(1–)5–15(–25). |
several. |
1–3. |
blade absent. |
basal, 2–4; auricles 0.3–0.7 mm, apex usually rounded, scarious to membranaceous; blade flat, 3–15 cm × 0.4–1 mm, margins entire. |
lateral, many flowered, loose; primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence. |
3–25-flowered, congested, 1–2.5 × 1–2 cm; primary bract usually exceeding inflorescence. |
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. |
not secund;: bracteoles 2; tepals dark green to blackish, usually with brownish midstripe, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 3.5–4.3 mm, margins clear; outer and inner series nearly equal; stamens 6, filaments 0.6–0.9 mm, anthers 0.3–0.5 mm; style 0.1 mm. |
dark brown, 3-locular, oblate to narrowly ovoid, 3–4 mm, nearly equal to perianth. |
tan or darker, 3-locular, nearly globose to widely obvoid, 2.5–3.5 × 1.3–1.8 mm, shorter than perianth. |
dark amber, oblate to ellipsoid, 0.5–0.8 mm. |
yellowish, obovoid to ellipsioid, 0.4–0.5 mm, not tailed. |
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= 80. |
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| Flowering and fruiting summer. |
Flowering and fruiting late spring–summer. |
| Moist or wet exposed areas |
Moist, open grasslands and meadows |
| 100–1800 m (300–5900 ft) |
700–3400 m (2300–11200 ft) |
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CA
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AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; SK
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| FNA vol. 22. |
FNA vol. 22. |
| Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Genuini |
Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Poiophylli |
J. acuminatus, J. acutiflorus, J. acutus, J. alpinoarticulatus, J. anthelatus, J. arcticus, J. articulatus, J. biglumis, J. bolanderi, J. brachycarpus, J. brachycephalus, J. brachyphyllus, J. brevicaudatus, J. bryoides, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. caesariensis, J. canadensis, J. capillaris, J. capitatus, J. castaneus, J. chlorocephalus, J. compressus, J. confusus, J. cooperi, J. coriaceus, J. covillei, J. debilis, J. dichotomus, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dubius, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. elliottii, J. ensifolius, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. filipendulus, J. georgianus, J. gerardii, J. greenei, J. gymnocarpus, J. hallii, J. hemiendytus, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. leiospermus, J. lesueurii, J. longistylis, J. luciensis, J. macrandrus, J. macrophyllus, J. marginatus, J. maritimus, J. megacephalus, J. mertensianus, J. militaris, J. nevadensis, J. nodatus, J. nodosus, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. pervetus, J. phaeocephalus, J. polycephalus, J. regelii, J. repens, J. roemerianus, J. scirpoides, J. secundus, J. squarrosus, J. stygius, J. subcaudatus, J. subtilis, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. texanus, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trifidus, J. triformis, J. triglumis, J. trigonocarpus, J. uncialis, J. validus, J. vaseyi, J. xiphioides |
J. acuminatus, J. acutiflorus, J. acutus, J. alpinoarticulatus, J. anthelatus, J. arcticus, J. articulatus, J. biglumis, J. bolanderi, J. brachycarpus, J. brachycephalus, J. brachyphyllus, J. brevicaudatus, J. bryoides, J. bufonius, J. bulbosus, J. caesariensis, J. canadensis, J. capillaris, J. capitatus, J. castaneus, J. chlorocephalus, J. compressus, J. cooperi, J. coriaceus, J. covillei, J. debilis, J. dichotomus, J. diffusissimus, J. drummondii, J. dubius, J. dudleyi, J. effusus, J. elliottii, J. ensifolius, J. falcatus, J. filiformis, J. filipendulus, J. georgianus, J. gerardii, J. greenei, J. gymnocarpus, J. hallii, J. hemiendytus, J. howellii, J. inflexus, J. interior, J. kelloggii, J. leiospermus, J. lesueurii, J. longistylis, J. luciensis, J. macrandrus, J. macrophyllus, J. marginatus, J. maritimus, J. megacephalus, J. mertensianus, J. militaris, J. nevadensis, J. nodatus, J. nodosus, J. occidentalis, J. orthophyllus, J. oxymeris, J. parryi, J. patens, J. pelocarpus, J. pervetus, J. phaeocephalus, J. polycephalus, J. regelii, J. repens, J. roemerianus, J. scirpoides, J. secundus, J. squarrosus, J. stygius, J. subcaudatus, J. subtilis, J. supiniformis, J. tenuis, J. texanus, J. textilis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trifidus, J. triformis, J. triglumis, J. trigonocarpus, J. uncialis, J. validus, J. vaseyi, J. xiphioides |
| J. lesueurii var. elatus |
J. exilis |
| Buchenau: Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 17: 336. (1903) |
Coville: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 10: 127. (1896) |
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