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Herbs, perennial, occasionally tufted, occasionally rhizomatous, 3–9 dm. Rhizomes, if present, short. Culms green or glaucous, 1.5–2.5 mm diam. Cataphylls several. Leaves: blade absent. Inflorescences lateral, many flowered, loose to congested, 2–9 cm; primary bract exceeding inflorescence. Flowers variously pedicellate; bracteoles membranous; tepals greenish, light-brown or reddish, lanceolate, 2.3–3 mm; inner series nearly equal, margins scarious; stamens 6, filaments 0.6–1 mm, anthers 0.4–0.6 mm; style 0.1 mm. Capsules 3-locular or pseudo-3-locular, nearly globose, 2–2.7 mm, equal to or exceeding perianth. Seeds dark amber, oblate, 0.4–0.5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering and fruiting summer.
Habitat: Stream banks, lake or pond shores, ditches, and other wet places in sandy or clayey soils
Elevation: 0–1600 m
Distribution
Calif., Oreg., nw Mexico, Wash.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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... more about "Juncus patens"
persistent +
white +
not septate +
absent +
glabrous +
channeled;terete +
leaflike +
erect +
more2;1 +
terete +
absent +
membranous +
monochasial +
septicidal +
globose +
equal +
several +
green +
1.5mm;2.5mm +
glaucous +
terete +
earlike +
pedicellate +
symmetric +
single +
bisexual +
headlike +
loculicidal +
singly +
1;many +
reduced +
lateral +
basal +
hairy +
involute +
scarious +
superior +
green;brown or purplish black +
persistent +
basal +
Syn. Luzul. +
1823 +
absent +
dark amber +
many +
oblate +
green;brown or purplish black +
persistent +
open +
overlapping +
fused +
generally longer +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
translucent +
reduced +
Juncus patens +
Juncus subg. Genuini +
species +
lanceolate +
rhizomatous +
perennial +