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Juncus ensifolius |
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| Common name |
star-head rush; sword-leaf rush |
| Family |
juncaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
dark brown (late spring) |
| Size |
10" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Seed ripens | mid-August |
Creeping rush native to the western U.S., where it grows in permanently moist soil and shallow water. Its leaves look like those of iris; its star-shaped seedheads provide additional interest. I found a British website that calls them "flying hedgehogs" :-)
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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- Seed from '14 garden, cold-stored. Baggy 70F with light. Many germinated into hair-thin green whisps; only one developed after potting up.
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