Juncus ensifolius

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassLiliopsida
4. OrderPoales
5. FamilyJuncaceae

Native toAlaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Japan, Kuril Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast

Observations recorded8,691

Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 2--6 dm. Rhizomes 2--3 mm diam. Culms erect, 2--6 mm diam. Cataphylls 0 or 1--2, straw-colored, apex narrowly acute. Leaves: basal 1--3, cauline 2--6, straw-colored; auricles absent; blade 2--25 cdm x 1.5--6 mm. Inflorescences panicles or racemes of 2--50 heads or heads solitary, 2--14 cm, erect or ascending branches; primary bract erect; heads 3--70-flowered, obovoid to globose, 7--11 mm diam. Flowers: tepals green to brown or reddish brown, lanceolate; outer tepals 2.7--3.6(--4) mm, apex acuminate; inner tepals 2.2--3(--3.5) mm, nearly equal, apex acuminate; stamens 3 or 6; anthers ½1/2 to equal filament length. Capsules included to slightly exserted, chestnut to dark brown, 1-locular, oblong, 2.4--4.3 mm, apex obtuse proximal to beak. Seeds elliptic to obovate, 0.4--1 mm, occasionally tailed.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

4,721

With media

3,464

Family

Juncaceae

Collections

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CMN

Recorded in

Canada, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Juncus

Image

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