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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.
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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 +