Juncaceae
Swordleaf rush
Juncus ensifolius
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Juncus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- أسل سيفي الأوراق
- arz
- اسل سيفى الاوراق
- Czech
- Sítina mečolistá
- Dutch
- Zwaardrus
- English
- Swordleaf rush, Sword-leaved rush
- Finnish
- Miekkavihvilä
- German
- Schwertblättrige Binse, Schwertbinse
- hsb
- Mječikojta syćina
- Japanese
- ミクリゼキショウ
- Lithuanian
- Kardalapis vikšris
- Swedish
- Svärdtåg
Synonyms
- Juncus ensifolius var. ensifolius
- Juncus ensifolius var. major E.Mey.
- Juncus novikovii A.P.Khokhr.
- Juncus oligocephalus Satake & Ohwi
- Juncus xiphioides var. macranthus Engelm.
- Juncus xiphioides var. triandrus Engelm.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Grunert Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mike Berghäuser, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Francis Kania, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Nikolaos Mikros, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Uta Groger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Guido Bauersachs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Juncus
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- Compact rushJuncus conglomeratusJuncaceae
- Jointed rushJuncus articulatusJuncaceae
- Saltmarsh rushJuncus gerardiJuncaceae
- Spiny rushJuncus acutusJuncaceae
- Baltic rushJuncus balticusJuncaceae
- Poverty rushJuncus tenuisJuncaceae
- Leafybract dwarf rushJuncus capitatusJuncaceae
- Mosquito rushJuncus squarrosusJuncaceae
- Roundfruit rushJuncus compressusJuncaceae
- European meadow rushJuncus inflexusJuncaceae
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.