Juncus hallii

Engelmann

2:446. 1866.

Common names: Hall's rush
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
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Herbs, perennial, strongly tufted, to 4 dm. Rhizomes densely short-branched. Culms terete. Cataphylls several. Leaves: auricles 0.2 mm, apex acutish to rounded, scarious; blade 4–15 cm. Inflorescences 2–7-flowered, loose to congested; primary bract usually longer than inflorescence. Flowers pedicellate; bracteoles ovate; tepals light-brown with green midstripe, lanceolate or widely so, 4–5 mm, margins scarious; inner series loosely subtending capsule at maturity, shorter; stamens 6, filaments 0.8 mm, anthers 0.8–1.1 mm; style 0.2 mm. Capsules brown, 3-locular, oblong-ovoid, 3.5–5 × 1.5–1.9 mm, slightly exceeding perianth. Seeds amber, body 0.5 mm, tails 0.3 mm.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting summer.
Habitat: Exposed slopes, stream banks, and meadows in montane and alpine areas
Elevation: 1600–3000 m

Distribution

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Colo., Idaho, Mont., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Juncus hallii"
persistent +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
acutish +  and rounded +
scarious +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
Ralph E. Brooks* +  and Steven E. Clemants* +
Engelmann +
channeled;terete +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
oblong-ovoid +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br />) +
Hall's rush +
Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
1600–3000 m +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +
arranged +  and cluster +
headlike +
Exposed slopes, stream banks, and meadows in montane and alpine areas +
loose +  and congested +
pseudoaxillary +  and terminal +
3 +  and 1 +
green;brown or purplish black +
persistent +
Flowering and fruiting summer. +
parietal +  and axile +
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short-branched +
green;brown or purplish black +
persistent +
generally longer +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
Juncus sect. Genuini +, Juncus sect. Juncotypus +  and Juncus subg. Juncotypus +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
Juncus hallii +
Juncus subg. Genuini +
species +
light-brown +
widely +  and lanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +