Juncus luciensis

Ertter

Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 39: 58, figs. 13c–e, 14. 1986.

Common names: Santa Lucia dwarf rush
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.

Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.07–0.6 dm. Culms to 160. Leaves to 1.5 cm × 0.1–0.3 mm. Inflorescences 1(–2) flowers; bracts subtending inflorescence 2, round to acutely ovate, inconspicuous, 0.4–1.6 mm, membranous. Flowers: tepals pale yellow-green until seeds ripen, tip darker, 1.6–3(–4.2) mm; ; outer and inner series nearly equal or outer slightly longer; stamens 2–3, filaments 0.6–0.9 mm, anthers 0.3–0.5 mm; style 0.2–0.4 mm, stigma 0.6–1.1 mm. Capsules pale yellow-green to reddish tinged until seeds ripen, 3-locular, ovoid to ellipsoid, 1.3–2.9 × 0.9–1.6 mm. Seeds globose-ovoid, 0.3–0.4 mm. n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting spring-- to early summer.
Habitat: Wet sandy soil of seepage areas on sandstone, depressions in meadows, vernal pools, and streamsides
Elevation: 300–1900 m

Discussion

Juncus luciensis occurs in California in the Diamond and Santa Lucia mountains and the Transverse and Peninsular ranges.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Juncus luciensis"
Ralph E. Brooks* +  and Steven E. Clemants* +
Ertter +
Santa Lucia dwarf rush +
300–1900 m +
Wet sandy soil of seepage areas on sandstone, depressions in meadows, vernal pools, and streamsides +
Flowering and fruiting spring-- to early summer. +
Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden +
Juncus sect. Graminifolii +
Juncus luciensis +
Juncus subg. Graminifolii +
species +