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|accepted_name=Juncus torreyi
|accepted_authority=Coville
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club
|place=22:303. 1895
|year=1895
}}
|common_names=Torrey's rush
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Juncus nodosus var. megacephalus
|authority=Torrey
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Fl. New York
|publication_place=2: 326. 1843
}} {{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=J.uncus megacephalus
|authority=(Torrey) A. W. Wood
|rank=species
|publication_title=
|publication_place=1862,
}} {{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=J.uncus nodosus var. megacephalus
|authority=Torrey
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Fl. New York
|publication_place=2: 326. 1843
}} {{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=J.uncus megacephalus
|authority=(Torrey) A. W. Wood (1862)
|rank=species
|publication_title=
|publication_place=
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Septati;Juncus torreyi
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juncaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Juncus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Juncus subg. Septati]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Juncus torreyi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rhizomatous, (3–)4–10 dm. <b>Rhizomes</b> 1–3 mm diam., with swollen nodes. <b>Culms</b> erect, terete, 3–5 mm diam., smooth. <b>Cataphylls</b> 0. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 1–3, cauline 2–5, auricles 1–4 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade strawberry-colored, green, or pink, terete, 13–30 cm × 1–5 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal clusters of 1–23 heads or single heads, 2–5.5 cm, branches spreading; primary bract erect to ascending; heads 25–100-flowered, globose, 10–15 mm diam. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals green to straw-colored, occasionally reddish, lanceolate-subulate; outer tepals (3.7–)4–6 mm, apex acuminate; inner tepals (3–) 3.4–4.6 mm, apex acuminate; stamens 6, anthers 1/2 filament length. <b>Capsules</b> equaling perianth or slightly exserted, straw-colored or chestnut brown, 1-locular, lance-subulate, 4.3–5.7 mm, apex tapering to subulate tip, valves separating at dehiscence, fertile throughout or only proximal to middle. <b>Seeds</b> oblong to ellipsoid, 0.4–0.5 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting early summer–fall.
|habitat=Wet sandy shores, edges of sloughs, along slightly alkaline watercourses, swamps, sometimes on clay soils, calcareous wet meadows, and alkaline soils
|elevation=0–600
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico (Baja California;probably elsewhere in n Mexico).
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Juncus torreyi
|authority=Coville
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Juncus nodosus var. megacephalus;J.uncus megacephalus;J.uncus nodosus var. megacephalus;J.uncus megacephalus
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Fruiting early summer–fall.
|habitat=Wet sandy shores, edges of sloughs, along slightly alkaline watercourses, swamps, sometimes on clay soils, calcareous wet meadows, and alkaline soils
|elevation=0–600
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Ga.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico (Baja California;probably elsewhere in n Mexico).
|reference=None
|publication title=Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club
|publication year=1895
|special status=Illustrated
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_78.xml
|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Septati
|species=Juncus torreyi
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