Juncus monticola Steud.

 
  • Family : JUNCACEAE
    (Rush Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JUNCUS FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Juncaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Juncus auritus K.F.Wu; Juncus indicus Royle ex D.Don; Juncus koidzumii Satake; Juncus leschenaultii var. unitubulosus (Buchenau) Novikov; Juncus ohwianus Kao; Juncus prismatocarpus subsp. teretifolius K.F.Wu; Juncus pseudokrameri Satake; Juncus sphaerocephalus K.F.Wu; Juncus yanshanuensis Novikov
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Juncus wallichianus J.Gay ex Laharpe
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Riversides, swamps, meadows, moist roadsides; 800 - 2900 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : The stems and leaves are used for paper making and knitting.
  • Key identification features : Plants 25-40 cm tall; inflorescences usually with more than 25 heads; leaf sheath auricles 0.6-1 mm; capsule apically tapered into a beak
  • Flower, Fruit : May-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Bangladesh, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Primorye, Sakhalin, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Russian Far East to Tropical and Subtropical Asia and Mauritius
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 243
    • Chhetri Geetamani, Hynniewta T.M., and Borthakur S.K., (2011)
    • The Family Juncaceae in India. Pleione 5(2): 243 - 253
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Juncus monticola. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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