Juncus texanus Coville In Small

Texas rush (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Juncaceae > Juncus

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous, 2.5--6 dm. Rhizomes 1 mm diam., with swollen nodes. Culms erect, terete, 1--3 mm diam., smooth. Cataphylls 0 or 1--2, straw-colored, apex rounded. Leaves: basal 0--1, cauline 3--5, auricles 1.5--2.5 mm, apex rounded to acutae, scarious; blade straw-colored to green, terete, 5.5--20 cm x 1--2.5 mm. Inflorescences terminal panicles of 2--16 heads, 2.5--6 cm, branches ascending, spreading, or reflexed; primary bract erect to spreading; heads 10--40-flowered, spheric, 11--15 mm diam. Flowers: tepals green or straw-colored to reddish brown, lance-subulate, apex acuminate; outer tepals (3.5--)4--4.9 mm; inner tepals 3.9--5.4 mm; stamens 6, anthers 2--3 times filament length. Capsules exserted, chestnut brown, 1-locular, lance-subulate, 5.2--6.5(--8) mm, apex tapering, valves separating at dehiscence, fertile throughout or only proximal to middle. Seeds obovoid, 0.45--0.5 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.6
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity 1-5
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

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Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

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

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132341-2
WFO ID wfo-0000777425
COL ID 6NH8J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Juncus texanus Juncus nodosus var. texanus