Juncus minimus Buchenau

Jonc en tête (fr), Jonc à inflorescence globuleuse (fr), Jonc capité (fr), Jonc à têtes (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Juncaceae > Juncus

Characteristics

Plants perennial, tufted, 3--7 cm tall. Rhizome short. Stems terete, striate. Cataphylls 1 or 2, pale brown. Leaves basal, occasionally 1 cauline; leaf sheath open or sometimes closed, auricles absent; leaf blade broadly linear to narrowly lanceolate, flat, 1.5--6 cm × 1--3 mm, apex obtuse. Inflorescences terminal; head solitary, 0.7--1.4 cm in diam., (2 or)3--6-flowered; basal bract leaflike, 0.5--2 cm, often longer than head. Perianth segments brownish yellow to chestnut yellow, chestnut in fruit, lanceolate, 4--4.5 × 1.1--1.6 mm, equal or inner ones slightly longer than outer, apex acute. Stamens 6; filaments 2.5--3.5 mm; anthers 0.5--0.7 mm. Style 0.5--1.5 mm; stigmas 1.5--2 mm. Capsule chestnut brown, trigonous oblong to ellipsoid, 5--6 mm, imperfectly 3-septate, apex mucronate. Seeds oblong, 0.5 mm; appendages white, 1.1--1.5 mm including tails. Fl. Jun--Jul, fr. Jul--Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.06
Root system rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Cultivation

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:443218-1
WFO ID wfo-0000776912
COL ID 3QTXD
BDTFX ID 36602
INPN ID 104254
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Synonyms

Juncus minimus Juncus unifolius