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Juncaceae

Juncaceae
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Ralph E. Brooks;Steven E. Clemants;  in Flora of North America (vol. 22)
Herbs, perennial, occasionally annual, usually rhizomatous, orsometimes cespitose. Culms round or flat. Leaves mostly basal; sheath margins fused or overlapping, often with 2 earlike extensions (auricles) at blade junction; blade flat or round, glabrous or margins hairy. Inflorescences of headlike clusters or single flowers variously arranged; bracts subtending inflorescence 1 or more2, mostly leaflike; bracts subtending inflorescence branches 1--2, reduced; bracteoles subtending solitary flower 0--2, translucent, reduced. Flowers usually bisexual, radially symmetric; sepals and petals similar, persistent, green to brown or purplish black; stamens usually 3 or 6; anthers persistent, linear; pistils 1; ovaries superior, locules 1 or 3, placentas 1 and basal or 3 and axile or parietal; stigmas generally longer than styles. Fruits capsules, loculicidal. Seeds 3--many, often with white appendages on 1 or both ends.
Species within checklist: South Dakota
Juncoides intermedium
Media resource of Juncoides intermedium
Juncoides parviflorum
Media resource of Juncoides parviflorum
Juncoides saltuense
Media resource of Juncoides saltuense
Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Media resource of Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Juncus alpinus
Media resource of Juncus alpinus
Juncus arcticus
Media resource of Juncus arcticus
Juncus articulatus
Media resource of Juncus articulatus
Juncus ater
Media resource of Juncus ater
Juncus balticus
Media resource of Juncus balticus
Juncus bufonius
Media resource of Juncus bufonius
Juncus canadensis
Media resource of Juncus canadensis
Juncus confusus
Media resource of Juncus confusus
Juncus dudleyi
Media resource of Juncus dudleyi
Juncus ensifolius
Media resource of Juncus ensifolius
Juncus exilis
Media resource of Juncus exilis
Juncus interior
Media resource of Juncus interior
Juncus longistylis
Media resource of Juncus longistylis
Juncus macer
Media resource of Juncus macer
Juncus marginatus
Media resource of Juncus marginatus
Juncus melanocarpus
Media resource of Juncus melanocarpus
Juncus mertensianus
Media resource of Juncus mertensianus
Juncus nodosus
Media resource of Juncus nodosus
Juncus parviflorus
Media resource of Juncus parviflorus
Juncus richardsonianus
Media resource of Juncus richardsonianus
Juncus saximontanus
Media resource of Juncus saximontanus
Juncus setosus
Media resource of Juncus setosus
Juncus slwookoorum
Media resource of Juncus slwookoorum
Juncus tenuis
Media resource of Juncus tenuis
Juncus torreyi
Media resource of Juncus torreyi
Juncus vaseyi
Media resource of Juncus vaseyi
Luzula acuminata
Media resource of Luzula acuminata
Luzula frigida
Media resource of Luzula frigida
Luzula intermedia
Media resource of Luzula intermedia
Luzula melanocarpa
Media resource of Luzula melanocarpa
Luzula multiflora
Media resource of Luzula multiflora
Luzula parviflora
Media resource of Luzula parviflora
Luzula pilosa
Media resource of Luzula pilosa
Luzula saltuensis
Media resource of Luzula saltuensis
Luzula sudetica
Media resource of Luzula sudetica
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