Juncus clarkei Buchenau

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Juncaceae > Juncus

Characteristics

Plants perennial, 22--30 cm tall. Rhizome short. Stems subterete, 1--2 mm in diam. Basal leaves 2, cauline leaves 2; leaf sheath 3--7 cm, auricles absent; leaf blade linear to linear-lanceolate, flat, 8--25 cm × 3--6(--7) mm, margin not membranous, or narrowly membranous and serrulate or tasseled, apex acuminate. Inflorescences with involucral bracts usually 2 or 3, leaflike, longer than inflorescence, basal one 2.5--15 cm; heads 1--6, 1.2--2 cm in diam., 4--12-flowered. Perianth segments yellowish white, lanceolate, 4.5--7 × ca. 1.2 mm, subequal, membranous, apex acute. Stamens 6; filaments 4--5 mm; anthers 2--2.5 mm. Style 1.5--4 mm; stigmas 0.3--1.5 mm. Capsule orange at maturity, shiny, ovoid to ellipsoid, 4.5--5.4 mm, 1-loculed, apex mucronate. Seeds ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm; appendages 2, white, caudate, 1.5--2 mm. Fl. Jul--Aug, fr. Aug--Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.22 - 0.3
Root system rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Juncus clarkei world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:442813-1
WFO ID wfo-0000776205
COL ID 3QTL5
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Synonyms

Juncus clarkei Juncus clarkei var. marginatus Juncus clarkei var. clarkei