Juncus textilis |
Juncus torreyi |
|
---|---|---|
basket rush, mat or basket rush |
Torrey's rush |
|
Habit | Herbs, perennial, 10–20 dm. | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, (3–)4–10 dm. |
Rhizomes | long- creeping. |
1–3 mm diam., with swollen nodes. |
Culms | erect, 2–5 mm diam. |
erect, terete, 3–5 mm diam., smooth. |
Cataphylls | several. |
0. |
Leaves | blade absent. |
basal 1–3, cauline 2–5, auricles 1–4 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade strawberry-colored, green, or pink, terete, 13–30 cm × 1–5 mm. |
Inflorescences | lateral, many flowered, loose; primary bract barely exceeding to many times longer than inflorescence. |
terminal clusters of 1–23 heads or single heads, 2–5.5 cm, branches spreading; primary bract erect to ascending; heads 25–100-flowered, globose, 10–15 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, occasionally reddish, lanceolate-subulate; outer tepals (3.7–)4–6 mm, apex acuminate; inner tepals (3–) 3.4–4.6 mm, apex acuminate; stamens 6, anthers 1/2 filament length. |
Capsules | dark brown, 3-locular, oblate to narrowly ovoid, 3–4 mm, nearly equal to perianth. |
equaling perianth or slightly exserted, straw-colored or chestnut brown, 1-locular, lance-subulate, 4.3–5.7 mm, apex tapering to subulate tip, valves separating at dehiscence, fertile throughout or only proximal to middle. |
Seeds | dark amber, oblate to ellipsoid, 0.5–0.8 mm. |
oblong to ellipsoid, 0.4–0.5 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
2n | = 40. |
|
Juncus textilis |
Juncus torreyi |
|
Phenology | Flowering and fruiting summer. | Fruiting early summer–fall. |
Habitat | Moist or wet exposed areas | Wet sandy shores, edges of sloughs, along slightly alkaline watercourses, swamps, sometimes on clay soils, calcareous wet meadows, and alkaline soils |
Elevation | 100–1800 m (300–5900 ft) | 0–600 |
Distribution |
CA
|
AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; ON; QC; SK; Mexico (Baja California, probably elsewhere in n Mexico)
|
Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | ||
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | J. lesueurii var. elatus | J. nodosus var. megacephalus, J.uncus megacephalus, J.uncus nodosus var. megacephalus, J.uncus megacephalus |
Name authority | Buchenau: Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 17: 336. (1903) | Coville: Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 22:303. (1895) |
Web links |
|