Juncaceae
Jointed rush
Juncus articulatus
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Juncus
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Common names
By language (25)
- Arabic
- أسل مفصلي
- arz
- اسل مفصلى
- Belarusian
- Сітнік членісты
- Bulgarian
- Членеста дзука
- Chinese
- 小花灯心草, 小花燈心草, 小花灯芯草
- Czech
- Sítina článkovaná
- Dutch
- Zomprus
- English
- Jointed rush, Jointleaf rush
- Estonian
- Läikviljaline luga
- Finnish
- Solmuvihvilä
- French
- Jonc Articulé, Jonc à fruits luisants
- German
- Glieder-Binse, Glanzfrüchtige Binse
- hsb
- Błyšćata syćina
- Hungarian
- Fülemüleszittyó
- Italian
- Giunco articolato, Giunco nodoso
- Latvian
- Spožaugļu donis
- Macedonian
- Јазлеста ситка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ryllsiv
- Persian
- سازوی مفصلی
- Polish
- Sit członowaty
- Romanian
- Pipirig articulat
- Russian
- Ситник членистый
- Swedish
- Ryltåg
- Ukrainian
- Ситник членистий
- Welsh
- Brwynen gymalog
Synonyms
- Juncus alpinoarticulatus subsp. arthrophyllus Reichgelt
- Juncus arthrophyllus Brenner
- Juncus articulatus var. articulatus
- Juncus lampocarpus Baumg.
- Juncus lampocarpus var. erectus Čelak.
- Juncus lampocarpus var. fluitans W.D.J.Koch
- Juncus subarticulatus Zak. & Novopokr.
- Juncus tricephalos J.Gay ex Laharpe
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August, December to January (from 165 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Вячеслав Юсупов, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ondřej Křivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.