| Monocotyledon | Literature for Juncus effusus
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Juncaceae -- The Rush Family | Bibliography |
| Juncus effusus | |
Common name(s): bog rush, rush, Japanese mat rush |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Widely distributed in temperate regions of both hemispheres.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Maui, Hawai`i. |
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| Habit |
Perennial herbs, rhizomes stout, covered with overlapping scales, roots thick; stems crowded along rhizome, reddish brown to purple at base, striate, terete, 4-8 dm long, pith solid. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves basal, scale-like, bladeless, sheaths dark reddish brown to purple at base, paler toward apex. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers numerous in usually contracted or sometimes more open, cymose inflorescences up to 8 cm long, appearing lateral, lowest bract terete, appearing to be a continuation of the stem, bracteoles 3, colorless, ca. 1/4 as long as perianth; perianth parts pale, rigid, narrow, not obscuring the capsule, outer ones ca. 2.5 mm long, inner ones ca. 2 mm long, about as long as capsule, apex long-acuminate; stamens 3; anthers and filaments about equal. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules pale to medium brown, in contrast to the pale perianth, shiny, 3-celled, ovoid, apex truncate. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds pale brown, ca. 0.5 mm long, ca. 3 times longer than wide. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 40, 42, 80 |
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