Juncaceae
Tapertip rush
Juncus acuminatus
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Juncus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- أسل مستدق الطرف
- English
- Tapertip rush
Synonyms
- Juncus acuminatus f. acuminatus
- Juncus acuminatus f. obtusatus F.J.Herm.
- Juncus acuminatus f. sphaerocephalus F.J.Herm.
- Juncus acuminatus var. acuminatus
- Juncus acuminatus var. legitimus Engelm.
- Juncus acuminatus var. multiceps (Kunze) Barros
- Juncus bolanderi var. riparius Jeps.
- Juncus fraternus Kunth
- Juncus multiceps Kunze
- Juncus multiceps Kunze ex Kunth
- Juncus paradoxus E.Mey.
- Juncus polycephalos var. paradoxus (E.Mey.) Torr.
- Juncus polycephalus var. paradoxus (E.Mey.) Torr.
- Juncus pondii Alph.Wood
- Juncus sylvaticus Muhl.
- Tristemon albus Raf.
- Tristemon macrocarpon Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Joe Potter Butler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joe Potter Butler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.