View source for Juncus bulbosus

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Juncus bulbosus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 327. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Bulbous rush
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus kockii
|authority=F. W. Schultz
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus supinus
|authority=Moench
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Septati;Juncus bulbosus
|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 bulbosus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, often with basal bulblike swellings, occasionally appearing rhizomatous, 0.3–3 dm, to 10 dm when floating or submersed. <b>Culms</b> erect or decumbent and rooting at nodes, or floating, terete, 1–2 mm diam., smooth. <b>Cataphylls</b> 1, straw-colored, apex acute. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 1, cauline 0–1; auricles 0.4–1 mm, apex acute, scarious; blade terete, occasionally filiform, flaccid, forming carpets, 2–10 cm × 0.8–1.4 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal racemes of 1–8(–30) heads, or single head, 2–10 cm, branches erect; primary bract erect; heads 2–6(–15)-flowered, obconic, 4.5–6.5 mm diam. <b>Flowers</b> often forming bulbils; tepals pale brown, ovate to lanceolate or inner oblong, 2–3.6 mm, nearly equal, apex acute to obtuse; stamens 3 or 6, anthers 3/4 to equal filament length. <b>Capsules</b> equaling perianth or exserted (to 0.5 mm beyond tepals), chestnut brown, 1-locular, cylindric, 2.5–4 mm, apex obtuse proximal to beak, valves separating at dehiscence. <b>Seeds</b> ellipsoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting mid summer–early fall.
|habitat=Margins and siliceous or peaty shores of pools and streams, often floating
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Probably introduced in North America;St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Oreg.;Wash.;Europe;n Africa.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Juncus bulbosus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Juncus kockii;Juncus supinus
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Fruiting mid summer–early fall.
|habitat=Margins and siliceous or peaty shores of pools and streams, often floating
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Probably introduced in North America;St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Oreg.;Wash.;Europe;n Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Septati
|species=Juncus bulbosus
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