Juncus brachycarpus Engelm.
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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 erect, 3–8 dm, aligned on a stout rhizome; lvs terete, septate; infl 2–10 cm, open or congested, with 3–10(–20) bristly, globose, densely many-fld heads 1 cm thick; fls eprophyllate; tep lance-subulate, the sep 3.2–3.8 mm, the pet 2.2–3.2 mm; stamens 3, shorter than the tep; fr unilocular, trigonously oblong-prismatic, abruptly acute and mucronate, 1.5–2.7 mm, nearly concealed within the perianth; 2n=44. Damp or wet soil; Mass. to Ga.; s. Ont. to O., Minn., and Kans., s. to Miss. and Tex.