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|accepted_name=Juncus biglumis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 328. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Alpini;Juncus biglumis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juncaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Juncus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Juncus subg. Alpini]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Juncus biglumis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, loosely cespitose, 0.25–1.6 dm. <b>Culms</b> nearly terete. <b>Cataphylls</b> 2–4. <b>Leaves</b> basal, 1–4; sheaths loose; auricles absent or rounded, 0.5 mm; blade imperfectly septate, ascending, nearly terete, 2–7 cm × 0.5–1.5 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> heads, 1–2(–4)-flowered; primary bracts much longer than inflorescence. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals brown to blackish, oblong, 2.5–4 mm, apex obtuse; outer and inner series nearly equal; stamens 6, filaments 1–1.5 mm, anthers 0.5–0.7 mm; style deciduous, 0.3–0.4 mm. <b>Capsules</b> pale with dark purplish valve margins, pseudo-3-locular, oblate to narrowly ovoid, 4–5.5 × 1.7–2.3 mm, exceeding perianth, apex retuse. <b>Seeds</b> yellowish tan, fusiform-ovoid, 0.7–0.9 mm, short tailed. <b>2n</b> = 120.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer.
|habitat=Wet tundra and mossy margins of ponds and streams, wet gravel and open, rocky slopes in alpine zones
|elevation=10–3400 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Mont.;Wyo.;n Europe;Asia.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Juncus biglumis
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer.
|habitat=Wet tundra and mossy margins of ponds and streams, wet gravel and open, rocky slopes in alpine zones
|elevation=10–3400 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.);N.W.T.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Yukon;Alaska;Colo.;Mont.;Wyo.;n Europe;Asia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Alpini
|species=Juncus biglumis
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