Juncaceae
Needlepod rush
Juncus scirpoides
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Juncus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- أسل ديسياني
- English
- Needlepod rush
Synonyms
- Juncus echinatus Elliott
- Juncus macrostemon J.Gay ex Laharpe
- Juncus nodosus var. multiflorus Torr.
- Juncus polycephalos var. tenuifolius Michx.
- Juncus polycephalus var. tenuifolius Michx.
- Juncus scirpoides unranked brachystylus Engelm.
- Juncus scirpoides var. carolinianus Coville
- Juncus scirpoides var. compositus R.M.Harper
- Juncus scirpoides var. echinatus Engelm.
- Juncus scirpoides var. genuinus Buchenau
- Juncus scirpoides var. macrostemon (J.Gay ex Laharpe) Engelm.
- Juncus scirpoides var. macrostylus Engelm.
- Juncus scirpoides var. scirpoides
- Tristemon echinatus Raf.
- Tristemon polycephalum (Michx.) Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, 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.