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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Juncus debilis
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Manual
|place=481506. 1848
|year=1848
}}
|common_names=Weak rush
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus acuminatus var. debilis
|authority=(A. Gray) Engelmann
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus radicans
|authority=Schlechtendal
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Septati;Juncus debilis
|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 debilis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, 1–2.5 dm. <b>Culms</b> erect, terete, 1–2 mm diam., smooth. <b>Cataphylls</b> 0–1, maroon or dark green, apex acute. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 0–1, cauline 1–3; auricles 1–1.5 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade maroon or dark green, terete, 1–12.5 cm × 0.5–1.5 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal panicles of 3–50 heads, 2–8 cm, branches ascending to spreading; primary bract erect; heads 2–10-flowered, obpyramidal, 2–5 mm diam. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals green to straw-colored, lanceolate, 1.8–2.3(–2.5) mm, apex sharply acuminate; stamens 3, 1/2 filament length. <b>Capsules</b> exserted, straw-colored, 1-locular, narrowly ellipsoid to lanceoloid, 2.8–3.7 7(–4.2) mm, apex acute, valves separating at dehiscence. <b>Seeds</b> ellipsoid, 0.3–0.4 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Marshy shores, in small streams, swamps, wet clearings, spring runs, commonly in very soft mucky substrates
|elevation=0–700 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexicos (Chiapas);Central America (Honduras).
|discussion=<p><i>Juncus debilis</i> A. Gray is a name being proposed for conservation.</p>
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|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Juncus debilis
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Juncus acuminatus var. debilis;Juncus radicans
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Marshy shores, in small streams, swamps, wet clearings, spring runs, commonly in very soft mucky substrates
|elevation=0–700 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexicos (Chiapas);Central America (Honduras).
|reference=None
|publication title=Manual
|publication year=1848
|special status=
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|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Septati
|species=Juncus debilis
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