Juncus dudleyi Wiegand

Dudley's rush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Juncaceae > Juncus

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, 2--10 dm. Rhizomes densely branching. Culms 1--20. Cataphylls 1--3. Leaves basal, 2--3; auricles yellowish, 0.2--0.4 mm, leathery; blade flat, 5--30 cm x 0.5--1 mm, margins entire, turned up, occasionally involute. Inflorescences compact and few flowered to loose and lax with to 80 flowers, 1.5--5(--9) cm; primary bract usually exceeding inflorescence. Flowers: bracteoles 2; tepals greenish, lanceolate, 4--5 mm; inner series nearly equal, spreading in fruit, nearly equal to or exceeding capsule; stamens 6, filaments 0.8--1.2 mm, anthers 0.6--1 mm; style 0.2 mm. Capsules tan, 1-locular to pseudo-3-locular, ellipsoid, 2.9--3.6 x 1.5--1.9 mm. Seeds tan to amber, ellipsoid to lunate, 0.4--0.67 mm, not tailed. 2n = ca. 84.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system rhizome
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Exposed or shaded sites in sandy to clayey soils, usually moist areas such as along stream banks, ditches, around springs. Marshy ground in Britain.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-8
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 2-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses fiber medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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Images

Juncus dudleyi unspecified picture

Distribution

Juncus dudleyi world distribution map, present in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, El Salvador, Slovakia, and United States of America

Conservation status

Juncus dudleyi threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132109-2
WFO ID wfo-0000776337
COL ID 3QTND
BDTFX ID 36496
INPN ID 104170
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Juncus dudleyi Juncus andreanus Juncus platycaulos Juncus coarctatus Juncus tenuis subsp. dudleyi Juncus tenuis var. dudleyi Juncus tenuis var. platycaulos Juncus tenuis var. uniflorus