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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Juncus repens
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Of members of section Graminifolii, this species is distinctive in forming low, dense grass-like carpets, often merely vegetative and submersed, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
Learn more from Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus repens
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-012:
Juncus repens FAMILY Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus repens
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Rush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_jure2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_jure2_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Juncus repens
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus repens
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Juncus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-012:
Juncus repens
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus repens
4929
Annual?
Habitat: Streams, ponds, lakes, ditches, wet depressions in flatwoods, cypress savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Aquatic Plants of Alabama (Lovell, 2007) p43
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p267
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".