Juncus debilis A.Gray
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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 cespitose, very slender, erect, 1–4 dm; lvs terete, septate, 0.5–1 mm thick; infl loosely and divaricately branched, a third to half the height of the plant, with 5–50 obpyramidal, 2–5(–10)-fld heads 3–6 mm thick; fls eprophyllate; tep linear-subulate, subequal, 1.2–2.8 mm, very narrowly scarious-margined; stamens 3; fr unilocular, pale cinnamon-brown, ellipsoid-trigonous or narrowly ovoid-trigonous, acute, 2.8–4.2 mm, distinctly surpassing the tep. Moist sandy soil; R.I. to Mo., s. to Fla. and Miss.