Juncus longistylis
Long-styled rush
Family: Juncaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Long-styled rush is a California native perennial found in the Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, Warner Mountains, and White and Inyo Mountains in moist places within conifer forest at elevations of 1,800 to 2,900 meters. Flowering time not specified in source data, this rush produces flowers with perianth parts 5 to 6 millimeters long, featuring dark green midveins and wide scarious margins. Growing 20 to 60 centimeters tall with slender rhizomatous stems, it develops sparse cauline leaves with 1 to 3 stems. Its leaves are generally basal with obvious sheath appendages, blades less than half the stem height and 1 to 3 millimeters wide, with flat sides oriented toward the stem. The fruit is less than perianth length, three-angled and brown with a short beak, containing tiny 0.5-millimeter seeds.
Habitat: Moist places in conifer forest
Elevation: 1800-2900 m
Bioregions: SNH, TR, PR, Wrn, W&I
California counties: San Bernardino, Mono, Riverside, Glenn, Mariposa, Tulare, Inyo, San Diego, Modoc, Sierra, Trinity, Nevada, Fresno, Plumas, Tuolumne, Lassen, Placer, Butte, El Dorado
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.