Juncus textilis |
Juncus scirpoides |
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basket rush, mat or basket rush |
needlepod rush, scirpuslike rush |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 10–20 dm. | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, tosometimes nearly cespitose, 0.8–7 dm. |
Rhizomes | long- creeping. |
usually tuberous, 2–4 mm diam. |
Culms | erect, 2–5 mm diam. |
erect, terete, 1–3 mm diam., smooth. |
Cataphylls | several. |
0–1. |
Leaves | blade absent. |
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 | lateral, many flowered, loose; primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer 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 | 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 green to straw-colored, lance-subulate, 2–3.5 mm, nearly equal, apex acuminate; stamens 3, anthers 1/3 filament length. |
Capsules | dark brown, 3-locular, oblate to narrowly ovoid, 3–4 mm, nearly equal to 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 | dark amber, oblate to ellipsoid, 0.5–0.8 mm. |
oblong, 0.4 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
Juncus textilis |
Juncus scirpoides |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | Fruiting early summer–fall. |
Habitat | Moist or wet exposed areas | Wet sandy soil, salt marshes, lake shores, ditches, meadows, wet woods |
Elevation | 100–1800 m (300–5900 ft) | 0–1400 m (0–4600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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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. |
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Synonyms | J. lesueurii var. elatus | J. echinatus, J. scirpoides var. compositus, J. scirpoides var. genuinus, J. scirpoides var. macrostemon, J. scirpoides var. meridionalis |
Name authority | Buchenau: Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 17: 336. (1903) | Lamarck: in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 3: 267. (1789) |
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