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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus marginatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Grassleaf Rush is one of 3 NC species of rushes with flat leaf blades. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus marginatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Juncus marginatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-013:
Juncus marginatus FAMILY Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus marginatus
COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Rush
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus marginatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus marginatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Juncus marginatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-013:
Juncus marginatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus marginatus
2115
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Wet meadows, bogs, generally throughout in wet, sandy or peaty soil, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 3-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short, knotty (when present)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tepals dark brownish
usually with green midstripe
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule
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