Juncus textilis |
Juncus leiospermus |
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basket rush, mat or basket rush |
dwarf rush, red bluff dwarf rush, smooth-seed rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 10–20 dm. | Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.2–1.2 dm. |
Rhizomes | long- creeping. |
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Culms | erect, 2–5 mm diam. |
to 100, (0.2–)0.4–0.8 mm diam.. |
Cataphylls | several. |
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Leaves | blade absent. |
1/3–3/4 height of plant. |
Inflorescences | lateral, many flowered, loose; primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence. |
terminal clusters, each with 1–7 flowers; bracts subtending inflorescence 2–8, round to acutely ovate, inconspicuous, 0.7–2.4 mm, membranous. |
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 reddish to black, narrowly lanceolate to oblong, 2–4.6 × 0.5–1.4 mm; inner series usually slightly longer than outer, apex obtuse to acuminate; stamens 3, filaments 0.5–1.4 mm, anthers 1–3.2 mm; style persistent, 1.4–4 mm, stigma 1.3–4 mm. |
Capsules | dark brown, 3-locular, oblate to narrowly ovoid, 3–4 mm, nearly equal to perianth. |
reddish, 3-locular, globose to ellipsoid or oblong, 2–4.5 × 1–3 mm, nearly equal to sepals. |
Seeds | dark amber, oblate to ellipsoid, 0.5–0.8 mm. |
ovoid, 0.35–0.45 mm. |
n | = 16. |
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Juncus textilis |
Juncus leiospermus |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | Flowering and fruiting in spring. |
Habitat | Moist or wet exposed areas | Margins of vernal pools |
Elevation | 100–1800 m (300–5900 ft) | 0–500 m (0–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Plants from Butte and Calaveras Ccounties, California, tend to be smaller and consistently develop only one flower per culm; they may be recognized as Juncus leiospermus var. ahartii Ertter. Of conservation concern. (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. leiospermus var. ahartii |
Name authority | Buchenau: Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 17: 336. (1903) | F. J. Hermann: Leaflets of Western Botany 5: 113. (1948) |
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