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|accepted_name=Juncus leiospermus
|accepted_authority=F. J. Hermann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Leaflets of Western Botany
|place=5: 113. 1948
|year=1948
}}
|common_names=Smooth-seeded rush
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus leiospermus var. ahartii
|authority=Ertter
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Graminifolii;Juncus leiospermus
|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. Graminifolii]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Juncus leiospermus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, cespitose, 0.2–1.2 dm. <b>Culms</b> to 100, (0.2–)0.4–0.8 mm diam.. <b>Leaves</b> 1/3–3/4 height of plant. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal clusters, each with 1–7 flowers; bracts subtending inflorescence 2–8, round to acutely ovate, inconspicuous, 0.7–2.4 mm, membranous. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals reddish to black, narrowly lanceolate to oblong, 2–4.6 × 0.5–1.4 mm; inner series usually slightly longer than outer, apex obtuse to acuminate; stamens 3, filaments 0.5–1.4 mm, anthers 1–3.2 mm; style persistent, 1.4–4 mm, stigma 1.3–4 mm. <b>Capsules</b> reddish, 3-locular, globose to ellipsoid or oblong, 2–4.5 × 1–3 mm, nearly equal to sepals. <b>Seeds</b> ovoid, 0.35–0.45 mm. n = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting in spring.
|habitat=Margins of vernal pools
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Plants from Butte and Calaveras Ccounties, California, tend to be smaller and consistently develop only one flower per culm; they may be recognized as <i>Juncus leiospermus</i> <i></i>var.<i> ahartii</i> Ertter.</p><!--
--><p>Of conservation concern.</p>
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name=Juncus leiospermus
|authority=F. J. Hermann
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Juncus leiospermus var. ahartii
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting in spring.
|habitat=Margins of vernal pools
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Leaflets of Western Botany
|publication year=1948
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic;Conservation concern
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|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Graminifolii
|species=Juncus leiospermus
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