OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Juncus repens   FAMILY Juncaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus repens   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Juncus repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Juncus repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Juncus repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Juncus repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-012:

Juncus repens   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Juncus repens

 

COMMON NAME:
Creeping Rush


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image of Juncus repens, Creeping Rush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_jure2_001_lvd

        

image of Juncus repens, Creeping Rush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_jure2_002_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Juncus repens   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus repens   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Juncus repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Juncus repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Juncus repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-012:
Juncus repens   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus repens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4929


Annual?

Habitat: Streams, ponds, lakes, ditches, wet depressions in flatwoods, cypress savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule

 

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