Juncaceae
Three-hulled rush
Juncus triglumis
- Family
- Juncaceae
- Genus
- Juncus
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Common names
By language (13)
- Bulgarian
- Триципеста дзука
- Chinese
- 貼苞灯芯草, 贴苞灯心草, 贴苞灯芯草
- Czech
- Sítina trojplevá
- English
- Three-hulled rush
- Finnish
- Kolmikkovihvilä
- German
- Dreiblütige Binse
- hsb
- Třikwětkata syćina
- Japanese
- ユンクス・トリグルミス, タカネイ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Trillingsiv
- Polish
- Sit trójłuskowy
- Swedish
- Lapptåg
- Ukrainian
- Ситник трилусковий
- Welsh
- Brwynen dri-blodeuog
Synonyms
- Juncus gontscharovii Sumnev.
- Juncus triglumis var. triglumis
- Juncus triglumis var. typicus Buchenau
- Tristemon simplex Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

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Photo: Christian Berg, 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.