Juncaceae
Blunt-flowered rush
Juncus subnodulosus
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Juncus
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- أسل معنقد
- arz
- اسل معنقد
- Czech
- Sítina slatinná
- Dutch
- Paddenrus
- English
- Blunt-flowered rush, Bluntflower rush
- Estonian
- Tömbiõiene luga
- Finnish
- Tylppövihvilä
- French
- Jonc à Fleurs Obtuses, Jonc à tépales obtus
- German
- Stumpfblütige Binse, Knotenbinse
- hsb
- Bahnowa syćina
- Latvian
- Strupais donis
- Polish
- Sit tępokwiatowy
- Swedish
- Trubbtåg
- Welsh
- Brwynen flaendon
Synonyms
- Juncus alpinus var. erectus Racib.
- Juncus articulatus subsp. sylvaticus (L.) Ehrh.
- Juncus articulatus subsp. sylvaticus (Reichard) Bonnier & Layens
- Juncus articulatus var. sylvaticus L.
- Juncus bifolius Hoppe
- Juncus divaricatus Wolff
- Juncus divergens W.D.J.Koch
- Juncus erectus Besser
- Juncus neesii F.Heller
- Juncus obtusatus Kit.
- Juncus obtusatus Kit. ex Schult.
- Juncus obtusiflorus Ehrh.
- Juncus obtusiflorus Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
- Juncus obtusiflorus unranked coarctatus G.Mey.
- Juncus obtusiflorus unranked condensatus Cout.
- Juncus obtusiflorus var. condensatus Cout.
- Juncus obtusiflorus var. laxus M.Mandon & Foucaud
- Juncus obtusiflorus var. rubellus Erdner
- Juncus obtusiflorus var. schillingeri G.Fisch.
- Juncus retroflexus Rafn
- Juncus subnodulosus f. coarctatus (G.Mey.) Soó
- Juncus subnodulosus var. condensatus (Cout.) Fern-Carv.
- Juncus sylvaticus (L.) Reichard
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 06:12, 10 July 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 06:12, 10 July 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.