NameThatPlant.net: Juncus secundus

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus secundus FAMILY Juncaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is a rare case of non-wetland species of Juncus - usually in thin soil over a flat rock surface. Lopsided Rush is very similar to the ubiquitous Path Rush (J. tenuis), but the lowest involucral leaf is shorter than the inflorescence and the leaf sheath auricle is very short (vs. prolonged). Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus secundus FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Juncus secundus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-009:

Juncus secundus FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Juncus secundus

COMMON NAME:
Lopsided Rush, Secund Rush

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image of Juncus secundus, Lopsided Rush, Secund Rush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_juse_001_lvd

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_juse_003_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus secundus FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus secundus FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Juncus secundus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-009:
Juncus secundus FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus secundus

4516

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry woodlands and fields, rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule

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