Juncaceae
Sharpflower rush
Juncus acutiflorus
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Juncus
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- أسل مدبب الأزهار
- arz
- اسل مدبب الازهار
- Bulgarian
- Остроцветна дзука
- Czech
- Sítina ostrokvětá
- Dutch
- Veldrus
- English
- Sharpflower rush, Sharp-flowered rush
- Finnish
- Kerrosvihvilä
- French
- Jonc à tépales aigus
- German
- Spitzblütige Binse
- hsb
- Lěsna syćina
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Spiss-siv
- Polish
- Sit ostrokwiatowy
- Swedish
- Spetståg
- Welsh
- Brwynen flodeufain
Synonyms
- Juncus acutiflorus subsp. genuinus (Cout.) Cout.
- Juncus acutiflorus var. brevirostris (Nees) Bluff
- Juncus acutiflorus var. genuinus Cout.
- Juncus acutiflorus var. microcephalus Husn.
- Juncus acutiflorus var. multiflorus Weihe ex Spenn.
- Juncus articulatus f. acutiflorus (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Regel
- Juncus brevirostris Nees
- Juncus foliosus Hoppe
- Juncus lampocarpus var. acutiflorus (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Neilr.
- Juncus sylvaticus prol. brevirostris (Nees) Rouy
- Juncus sylvaticus subvar. brevirostris Nyman
- Juncus sylvaticus unranked brevirostris Rouy
- Juncus sylvaticus var. brevirostris (Nees) P.Fourn.
- Phylloschoenus acutiflorus (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Fourr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
Photo: James K. Lindsey, CC BY-SA 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.