Juncus brachycephalus (Engelm.) Buchenau
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Juncaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stems slender, densely cespitose, 3–7 dm; lvs terete, septate, often spreading, 1–2 mm thick; infl ovoid or pyramidal, 3–15 cm, half to two-thirds as wide, usually with numerous spreading-ascending or somewhat outcurved branches and numerous turbinate, 2–5-fld heads, in small plants the branches few and shorter and the heads few; fls eprophyllate; tep lance-oblong, 3-nerved, conspicuously scarious on the margins, obtuse or subacute, the sep 1.8–2.5 mm, the pet a bit longer; stamens 3 or sometimes 6; fr trigonously prismatic or subtriquetrous, evidently exceeding the perianth, 2.4–2.8 mm, abruptly narrowed to the short beak, subtrilocular, the partitions complete only near the base; seeds fusiform, 0.8–1.2 mm, the body occupying three-fifths of the length; 2n=80. Wet meadows and sandy shores; Me. to n. Ont. and Wis., s. to Pa., O., and Ind.; reported from n. Ga.