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foothill rush
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moss rush, mosslike dwarf rush
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| Herbs, perennial, cespitose, to 8 dm. |
Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.03–0.25 dm. |
densely branching. |
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to 150, 0.1–0.2 mm wide. |
1–2. |
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basal, 2–5; auricles 0.4–1.1(–2) mm, scarious; blade flat, 9–25 cm × 0.8–1.5(–2.4) mm, margins entire wide, becoming involute under xeric conditions. |
to 0.9 cm, 1/4–1 times height of plant. |
10–150-flowered, usually congested, 1.5–8 cm; primary bract usually longer than inflorescence. |
terminal solitary flowers; bracts subtending inflorescence (1–)2, ovate, inconspicuous, 0.3–0.9 mm, membranous, apex acute. |
bracteoles 2; tepals green to tannish, lanceolate, 3.5–5.7 mm; outer and inner series nearly equal, in fruit apex appressed to capsule; stamens 6, filaments 0.6–1.1 mm, anthers 0.56–0.91 mm; style 0.2 mm. |
3-merous; : tepals (4–)6(–8), turning inward to enwrap shorter capsule at maturity, chestnut brown to black, lanceolate to oblong, 1.2–2.3(–2.8) × 0.4–0.6 mm; ; outer and inner series nearly equal, acute to acuminate; stamens 3, filaments 0.3–0.6 mm, anthers 0.15–0.25 mm; style 0.1 mm, stigma 0.2–0.3 mm. |
dark tan to reddish brown, 3-locular, ellipsoid to narrowly so, 2.6–4.7 × 1.3–2 mm, barely shorter than tepals. |
pale reddish, 3-locular, ovoid to ellipsoid, 1–1.9 mm × 0.5–1 mm. |
tan, ellipsoid to lunate, (0.32–)0.45–0.52(–0.65) mm, not tailed. |
ovoid to globose, 0.3–0.5 mm. |
= ca. 80. |
= ca. 38. |
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| Flowering and fruiting late spring–early summer. |
Flowering and fruiting spring–mid summer. |
| Exposed moist or wet soils associated with depressions in temporal wetlands, along stream banks or lake shores especially in sandy soils |
Usually fine, sandy soil of washes, swales in meadows, and seepage areas on rock outcrops |
| 900–1650 m (3000–5400 ft) |
600–3600 m (2000–11800 ft) |
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AR; CA; ID; KS; LA; MO; MT; NE; OK; OR; WA; Texas
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CA; CO; ID; NV; OR; UT; Mexico
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| FNA vol. 22. |
FNA vol. 22. |
| Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Poiophylli |
Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Graminifolii |
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. textilis, 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. 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. textilis, J. tiehmii, J. torreyi, J. trifidus, J. triformis, J. triglumis, J. trigonocarpus, J. uncialis, J. validus, J. vaseyi, J. xiphioides |
| J. kansanus |
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| Wiegand: Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 519. (1900) |
F. J. Hermann: Leaflets of Western Botany 5: 117. (1948) |
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