Juncus parryi
2:446. 1866.
Common names: Parry's rush
Endemic
Synonyms: Juncus drummondii var. parryi (Engelmann) M. E. Jones
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
Herbs, perennial, strongly tufted, 0.5–3 dm. Rhizomes densely short-branched. Culms terete. Cataphylls several. Leaves: auricles 0.2–0.3 mm, apex acute to rounded, scarious. Inflorescences 1–3-flowered, open; primary bract terete, 2–4 cm, usually longer than inflorescence. Flowers pedicellate; bracteoles broadly ovate; tepals light-brown with green midstripe, lanceolate, 5.5–9 mm, margins scarious; inner series loosely subtending capsule at maturity, shorter; stamens 6, filaments 0.7–1 mm, anthers 1.1–1.6 mm; style 0.2 mm. Capsules tan, 3-locular, narrowly oblong, 6–9 × 1.5–2 mm, usually exceeding perianth. Seeds amber, body 0.6 mm, tails 0.4 mm.
Phenology: Flowering and fruiting summer.
Habitat: Exposed rocky slopes and stream banks in montane and alpine areas, conifer forests
Elevation: 1500–4000 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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persistent +
scarious +
white +
not septate +
absent +
glabrous +
channeled;terete +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
leaflike +
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terete +
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ovate +
monochasial +
septicidal +
oblong +
several +
Parry's rush +
terete +
earlike +
pedicellate +
symmetric +
single +
bisexual +
headlike +
loculicidal +
singly +
1;many +
reduced +
basal +
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involute +
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green +
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green;brown or purplish black +
persistent +
basal +
usually longer +
terete +
Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen +
1866 +
short-branched +
many +
tailed +
green;brown or purplish black +
persistent +
open +
overlapping +
fused +
Endemic +
generally longer +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
translucent +
reduced +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +
Juncus parryi +
Juncus subg. Genuini +
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light-brown +
lanceolate +
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