Juncaceae
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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
Family Description - Fls perfect or seldom unisexual, ordinarily (including all our spp.) trimerous; perianth regular, small, mostly green or brown, ± chaffy or scale-like, the sep and pet essentially alike but in 2 separate whorls, commonly persistent into fr; stamens 6 or 3; ovary superior, with 3 axile to parietal or basal placentae; stigmas 3; fr a loculicidal, 3-valved capsule; embryo small, straight, monocotyledonous, embedded in the starchy endosperm; herbs of sedge-like aspect, lfless or with narrow, terete or grass-like lvs. 8/300.