Juncus uncialis |
Juncus pelocarpus |
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inch high dwarf rush, inch-high rush, twelfth rush |
brown-fruit rush, jonc à fruits bruns |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.8–3.5 cm. | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 0.3–7 dm. |
Rhizomes | 1–3 mm diam., nodes not swollen. |
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Culms | to 70, more than 0.2 mm diam.. |
erect, terete, 1–2 mm diam., smooth. |
Cataphylls | 0 (rarely 1, straw-colored, apex obtuse). |
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Leaves | to 2.2 cm, 1/2–3/4 height of plant. |
basal 0–2, cauline 1–4, small fascicles of short capillary leaves often on rhizomes and stems; auricles 0.3–1 mm, apex rounded, membranaceous; blade terete, 1.5–11 cm × 0.8–1.1 mm. |
Inflorescences | terminal solitary flowers; bracts subtending inflorescence 1, widely truncate, enwrapping culm, inconspicuous, 0.25–0.9 mm, membranous, apex widely truncate, completely sheathing culm.. |
terminal cymes, flowers single or paired at nodes, (rarely in 3s), 2–25 cm, branches spreading to erect; primary bract erect. |
Flowers | 3-merous, : tepals erect to recurved at maturity, greenish or tinged red, 2–4 × 0.6–0.9 mm; outer and inner series nearly equal, apex acutish; stamens usually 3, filaments 0.9–1.6 mm, anthers 0.3–0.4 mm, 1/3 length of filaments; style 0.1–0.3 mm, stigma 0.4–1.3 mm. |
tepals straw-colored, oblong; outer tepals 1.6–2.3 mm, apex obtuse; inner tepals 1.8–2.8 mm, apex obtuse; stamens 6, anthers 2–3 times filament length. |
Capsules | reddish to maroon, 3-locular, ovoid to ellipsoid, 1.8–3.2 × 1–2.5 mm, nearly equal or shorter than the tepals. |
included to exserted, chestnut brown, 1-locular, narrowly ovoid, 1.5–3.5 mm, apex acute proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence, fertile only proximal to middle. |
Seeds | ovoid, 0.3–0.4 mm. |
ovoid, 0.3–0.5 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. |
n | = 16. |
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2n | = 40. |
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Juncus uncialis |
Juncus pelocarpus |
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Phenology | Flowering and fruiting spring–early summer. | Fruiting late summer–fall. |
Habitat | Margins of vernal pools and ponds | Shores, peat bogs, sandy soils, pools, occasionally submersed in lakes, rarely in salt water |
Elevation | 0–1700 m (0–5600 ft) | 0–600 m (0–2000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV; OR
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AL; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IN; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; VA; VT; WI; BC; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC
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Discussion | Populations from Virginia and south have been separated as Juncus pelocarpus var. crassicaudex (J. abortivus) based on their taller culms and thicker rhizomes. The evidence used to support the varietal status for the southeastern plants (N. A. Murray and D. M. Johnson 1987) clearly demonstrates that these plants are the southern end of a cline. The flowers are often replaced by bulbils. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 22. | FNA vol. 22, p. 245. |
Parent taxa | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Graminifolii | Juncaceae > Juncus > subg. Septati |
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Synonyms | J. abortivus, J. pelocarpus var. crassicaudex, J. pelocarpus var. sabulonensis | |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 2: 105. (1890) | E. Meyer: Syn. Luzul. 30. (1823) |
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