Juncus textilis |
Juncus dubius |
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basket rush, mat or basket rush |
dubius rush, mariposa rush, questionable rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 10–20 dm. | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 3–7.5 dm. |
Rhizomes | long- creeping. |
2–3 mm diam., not swollen. |
Culms | erect, 2–5 mm diam. |
erect, terete, 2–4 mm diam., smooth or rugulose. |
Cataphylls | several. |
1–2, pink to straw-colored, apex acute. |
Leaves | blade absent. |
basal 1–2, cauline 1–2; auricles 1–4.9 mm, , apex rounded, membranaceous; blade green to straw-colored, terete, 20–30 cm × 1.5–4 mm, rugulose or smooth. |
Inflorescences | lateral, many flowered, loose; primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence. |
terminal panicles of 25–66 heads, 7–13 cm, branches spreading; primary bract erect; heads 6–10-flowered, hemispheric to obovoid, 5–10 mm diam. |
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. |
tepals straw-colored to brown, lanceolate, apex acuminate; outer tepals (2–)2.5–3.4 mm; inner tepals (2–)2.6–3.6 mm; stamens 6, anthers 1.5–2 times filament length. |
Capsules | dark brown, 3-locular, oblate to narrowly ovoid, 3–4 mm, nearly equal to perianth. |
exserted, chestnut brown, 1-locular, subuloidsubulate, (2.4–)3–3.9 mm, apex tapering to subulate tip, valves separating at dehiscence. |
Seeds | dark amber, oblate to ellipsoid, 0.5–0.8 mm. |
obovoid, 0.3–0.4 mm, not tailed. |
2n | = 40. |
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Juncus textilis |
Juncus dubius |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | Fruiting early summer–late fall. |
Habitat | Moist or wet exposed areas | Montane meadows, riverbeds, canyons, aroyos |
Elevation | 100–1800 m (300–5900 ft) | 100–1600 m (300–5200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Juncus dubius has rugulose stems and leaves throughout most of its range, but on the periphery (in Mariposa, San Diego, and Sonoma counties, California) the plants are smooth. (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. rugulosus |
Name authority | Buchenau: Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 17: 336. (1903) | Engelmann |
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