Juncaceae
Leafybract dwarf rush
Juncus capitatus
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Juncus
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Common names
By language (9)
- Catalan
- Jonc à inflorescence globuleuse
- Czech
- Sítina strboulkatá
- Dutch
- Koprus
- English
- Leafybract dwarf rush, Dwarf rush
- Finnish
- Mykerövihvilä
- French
- Jonc à inflorescence globuleuse, Jonc capité, Jonc en tête
- German
- Kopf-Binse, Lössackerbinse, Jonc à inflorescence globuleuse
- Lithuanian
- Jonc à inflorescence globuleuse
- Swedish
- Jonc à inflorescence globuleuse
Synonyms
- Juncus capitatus f. physcomitrioides (Baen.) Neuman
- Juncus capitatus f. umbelliformis Merino
- Juncus capitatus subsp. setaceus K.Richt.
- Juncus capitatus unranked triandrus (Asch.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Juncus capitatus unranked versicolor Asch. & Graebn.
- Juncus capitatus unranked virescens Asch. & Graebn.
- Juncus capitatus var. congestus Ten.
- Juncus capitatus var. physcomitrioides Baen.
- Juncus capitatus var. setaceus Nyman
- Juncus capitatus var. triandrus Asch.
- Juncus ericetorum Pollich
- Juncus globiceps Bajtenov
- Juncus gracilis Roth
- Juncus gracilis var. capitatus Roth
- Juncus mutabilis Lam.
- Juncus tenellus S.Geuns
- Juncus triandrus Gouan
- Schoenus minimus T.F.Forst.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to June, November (from 22 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rosalie Lawrence, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sylvain Piry, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Diego Alex, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Denys Vynokurov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sylvain Piry, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Jacques Houdré, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Jacques Houdré, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.