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|accepted_name=Juncus texanus
|accepted_authority=(Engelmann) Coville in J. K. Small
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. K. Small,Flora of the Southeastern United States
|place=259. 1903
|year=1903
}}
|common_names=Texas rush
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus nodosus var. texanus
|authority=Engelmann
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Septati;Juncus texanus
|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. Septati]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Juncus texanus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rhizomatous, 2.5–6 dm. <b>Rhizomes</b> 1 mm diam., with swollen nodes. <b>Culms</b> erect, terete, 1–3 mm diam., smooth. <b>Cataphylls</b> 0 or 1–2, straw-colored, apex rounded. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 0–1, cauline 3–5, auricles 1.5–2.5 mm, apex rounded to acutae, scarious; blade straw-colored to green, terete, 5.5–20 cm × 1–2.5 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal panicles of 2–16 heads, 2.5–6 cm, branches ascending, spreading, or reflexed; primary bract erect to spreading; heads 10–40-flowered, spheric, 11–15 mm diam. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals green or straw-colored to reddish brown, lance-subulate, apex acuminate; outer tepals (3.5–)4–4.9 mm; inner tepals 3.9–5.4 mm; stamens 6, anthers 2–3 times filament length. <b>Capsules</b> exserted, chestnut brown, 1-locular, lance-subulate, 5.2–6.5(–8) mm, apex tapering, valves separating at dehiscence, fertile throughout or only proximal to middle. <b>Seeds</b> obovoid, 0.45–0.5 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Swamps, depressions, seeps, sand or gravel bars, and wet mud
|elevation=400–600 m
|distribution=La.;Okla.;Tex.
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|references=
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name=Juncus texanus
|author=
|authority=(Engelmann) Coville in J. K. Small
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Juncus nodosus var. texanus
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Swamps, depressions, seeps, sand or gravel bars, and wet mud
|elevation=400–600 m
|distribution=La.;Okla.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. K. Small,Flora of the Southeastern United States
|publication year=1903
|special status=
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|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Septati
|species=Juncus texanus
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