Juncus howellii

F. J. Hermann

Leaflets of Western Botany 5: 182. 1949.

Common names: Howell's rush
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.

Herbs, perennial, 2–6 dm. Rhizomes long creeping. Culms erect, slightly compressed, never rooting at nodes. Leaves: basal 2–4, cauline 2–3; auricles 1–3 mm, apex rounded to acutish, membranous; blade flat, 10–30 cdm × 2–4 mm, reduced distally, margins occasionally papillose. Inflorescences glomerules, usually 3–9, each with 3–8 (–10) flowers, open, 2–9 cm; primary bract much shorter than inflorescence. Flowers: tepals yellowbrown with green midstripe, lanceolate, 5–6.5 mm, margins clear; outer and inner series nearly equal, adaxially papillose; stamens 6, filaments 0.5–1 mm, anthers 1.8–2.6 mm; style 0.6 mm. Capsules tan, 3-locular, obovoid, 3–5 mm, shorter than perianth. Seeds ovoid, body 0.5–0.7 mm, tails 0.2–0.4 mm.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting summer.
Habitat: Moist ground in mountain meadows
Elevation: 850–2500 m

Distribution

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Calif., Idaho, Oreg., Wash.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Juncus howellii"
persistent +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br />) +
rounded +  and acutish +
membranous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Ralph E. Brooks* +  and Steven E. Clemants* +
F. J. Hermann +
channeled;terete;flat +
reduced +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Howell's rush +
compressed +
Calif. +, Idaho +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
850–2500 m +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
arranged +  and cluster +
headlike +
Moist ground in mountain meadows +
pseudoaxillary +  and terminal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
3 +  and 1 +
papillose +
green;brown or purplish black +
persistent +
Flowering and fruiting summer. +
parietal +  and axile +
Leaflets of Western Botany +
green;brown or purplish black +
persistent +
generally longer +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
Juncus sect. Graminifolii +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
Juncus howellii +
Juncus subg. Graminifolii +
species +
yellowbrown +
lanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +