Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Juncus marginatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Grassleaf Rush is one of 3 NC species of rushes with flat leaf blades. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus marginatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-013:
Juncus marginatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Rush
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Juncus marginatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus marginatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-013:
Juncus marginatus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
2115
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in wet meadows, bogs, generally throughout in wet, sandy or peaty soil, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 3-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short, knotty (when present)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tepals dark brownish
usually with green midstripe
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Capsule
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