Juncus repens Michx.

Lesser creeping rush (en), Jonc de Desfontaines (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Juncaceae > Juncus

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, cespitose, floriferous culm 0.5--3 dm. Culms first ascending, soon arcuate-stoloniferous and creeping or floating, or growing submersed along bottom, each node with cluster of basal leaves and fibrous roots, eventually each emergent terrestrial node with floriferous culm. Leaves basal; auricles 0.5--1 mm, apex acutish, membranous or thicker; blade spreading, flat, 2--10(--15) cm x 1--3 mm. Inflorescences glomerules, (1--)2--10, each with 3--12 flowers, open; primary bract usually shorter than inflorescence. Flowers: tepals green, margins scarious; inner series narrowly lanceolate, 5--9 mm, apex usually recurved; outer series obviously shorter, apex usually erect; stamens 3, filaments 1.5--3 mm, anthers 0.5--0.8 mm; style 0.5 mm. Capsules tan, 3-locular, narrowly ellipsoid, 3.5--5.5 x 0.8--1.2 mm. Seeds brown, ovoid, 0.3--0.4 mm, not tailed.
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Stems at first erect or ascending, 5–20 cm, with numerous soft basal lvs, a few cauline lvs, and a terminal infl of 2–8 sessile or peduncled heads, each 8–15 mm thick and composed of 5–15 green, often falcately curved fls; stem later becoming elongate, prostrate or floating, and producing additional flowering branches from the nodes; fls eprophyllate; tep rigid, subulate, the sep 4–5 mm, the pet 5–10 mm; stamens 3; fr trilocular, slender, obtuse, about equaling or a little shorter than the sep. Wet shores, marshes, and shallow water, on the coastal plain; Del. to Fla., Tex., and Okla.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.08 - 2.05
Root system creeping-root fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.1
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-8
Soil humidity 7-8
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity 4-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Images

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Distribution

Juncus repens world distribution map, present in Cuba, Mexico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:443416-1
WFO ID wfo-0000777159
COL ID 6NH6Q
BDTFX ID 36663
INPN ID 104308
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Cephaloxys flabellata Juncus subincurvus Tristemon repens Juncus repens