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Juncus hemiendytus
Leaflets of Western Botany 5: 118. 1948.
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Juncus brachystylus (Engelmann) Piper Juncus brachystylus var. uniflorus Engelmann Juncus triformis var. uniflorus Engelmann
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22. Treatment on page 232.
Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.03–0.36 dm. Culms to 5. Leaves to 1.8 cm, 1/2–1 1/3 height of plant. Inflorescences solitary flowers. Flowers 2-merous;: tepals 4 (–6), erect to recurved at maturity, reddish, 1.5–3 × 0.5–1.2 mm; outer and outer series nearly equal, apex rounded to acute; stamens 2 (–3), filaments 0.5–1.4 mm, anthers 0.3–0.7 mm; style 0.1–0.4 mm, stigma 2 (–3), 0.3–1 mm. Capsules reddish, 2–- or 3-locular, obovoid to ellipsoid or oblate, 1.9–3.5 × 1–2 mm. Seeds ovoid to oblate, 0.3–0.55 mm.
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Bracts proximal to inflorescence, 1–2 | Juncus hemiendytus var. hemiendytus |
| 1 | Bracts proximal to inflorescence absent | Juncus hemiendytus var. abjectus |
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persistent +
white +
not septate +
glabrous +
channeled;terete;flat +
leaflike +
more2;1 +
absent +
monochasial +
2-or-3-locular +
reddish +
septicidal +
obovoid;ellipsoid or oblate +
North America and south temperate areas of the world +
earlike +
2-merous +
symmetric +
single +
bisexual +
headlike +
loculicidal +
2;many +
sympodial +
reduced +
1/2 height of plant;1-1/3 height of plant +
hairy +
involute +
superior +
green;brown or purplish black +
persistent +
basal +
Leaflets of Western Botany +
1948 +
many +
ovoid;oblate +
green;brown or purplish black +
persistent +
open +
overlapping +
fused +
terete +
generally longer +
translucent +
reduced +
Juncus hemiendytus +
Juncus subg. Graminifolii +
species +
reddish +
1.5mm;3mm +
erect;recurved +
0.5mm;1.2mm +
single +
sympodial +
sympodial +
rhizomatous +
perennial +
rhizomatous +
annual +