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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Juncus subtilis
|accepted_authority=E. Meyer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syn. Luzul.
|place=31. 1823
|year=1823
}}
|common_names=Creeping rush;jonc délié
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus uliginosus var. subtilis
|authority=(E. Meyer) Hooker
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus pelocarpus var. subtilis
|authority=(E. Meyer) Engelmann
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus pelocarpus var. fluitans
|authority=(Michaux) Buchenau
}}
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Septati;Juncus subtilis
|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 subtilis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=page 246
|treatment_page=page 245
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, emergent, rhizomatous (forming mats to 5 dm), 0.5–1 dm. <b>Rhizomes</b> 1 mm diam., nodes not swollen. <b>Culms</b> repent, floating or submersed, usually profusely branched, terete, 0.5–1 mm diam. <b>Cataphylls</b> absent. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 1–5, cauline 1–4, small fascicles of short capillary leaves often on rhizomes and stems; auricles 0.1–0.8 mm, apex acute, membranaceous; blade terete, 1.6–3 cm × 0.1–0.3 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymes, flowers 1–3 at 1–2 nodes, 1–4 cm, branches spreading to erect. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals reddish, oblong; outer tepals 1.8–2.8 mm, obtuse; inner tepals 2.2–4.4 mm, obtuse; stamens 6, anthers 3/4 to equal filament length. <b>Capsules</b> exserted, chestnut brown, 1-locular, ovoid to narrowly ovoid, 2.4–5 mm, apex acute proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence. <b>Seeds</b> ovoid, 0.3–0.5 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Muddy, sandy or gravelly shores, fens in decomposed peat, fine muds rich in humus, and submersed in brackish pools
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Greenland;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;Ont.;Que.;Maine.
|discussion=<p>Flowers are rarely replaced by bulbils. Most Greenland collections are sterile.</p>
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Juncus subtilis
|author=
|authority=E. Meyer
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Juncus uliginosus var. subtilis;Juncus pelocarpus var. subtilis;Juncus pelocarpus var. fluitans
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Fruiting late summer–early fall.
|habitat=Muddy, sandy or gravelly shores, fens in decomposed peat, fine muds rich in humus, and submersed in brackish pools
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Greenland;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;Ont.;Que.;Maine.
|reference=None
|publication title=Syn. Luzul.
|publication year=1823
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_230.xml
|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Septati
|species=Juncus subtilis
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