Kellogg's Dwarf Rush

Herbs, annual, cespitose, 0.1--0.55(--0.65) dm. Culms to 100. Leaves to 2.5 cm x 0.1--0.3 mm. Inflorescences terminal clusters, each with 1--4 flowers; bracts subtending inflorescence 2--5, ovate to lanceolate, inconspicuous, 1--2.5 mm, membranous, apex acute to obtuse. Flowers 3-merous; : tepals dark reddish brown, 2--3.2 x 0.4--1 mm, margins unpigmented; inner series nearly equal to or slightly shorter than outer series, acute to acuminate; stamens 3, filaments 0.7--1.3 mm, anthers 0.3--0.5 mm; style 0.2--0.5 mm, stigma 0.4--1.3 mm. Capsules dark reddish, 3-locular, obovoid to ellipsoid, nearly equal to tepals, 1.8--2.9 x 1.2--1.6 mm. Seeds ovoid, 0.4--0.55 mm, apiculate. n = 17.

B.C.; Calif., Nev., Oreg., Wash.

Flowering and fruiting spring--early summer.

Sandy and clayey damp soils around vernal pools, seepage areas, and low spots in fields and meadows; to 800m.

Juncus triformis Engelmann var. brachystylus Engelmann

Juncus kelloggii is a species of rush known by the common name Kellogg's dwarf rush.

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in low, wet spots in meadows and other grassy areas, for example, vernal pools.