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|accepted_name=Juncus repens
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Flora Boreali-Americana
|place=1: 191. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|common_names=Creeping rush
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Graminifolii;Juncus repens
|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. Graminifolii]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Juncus repens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, floriferous culm 0.5–3 dm. <b>Culms</b> first ascending, soon arcuate-stoloniferous and creeping or floating, or growing submersed along bottom, each node with cluster of basal leaves and fibrous roots, eventually each emergent terrestrial node with floriferous culm. <b>Leaves</b> basal; auricles 0.5–1 mm, apex acutish, membranous or thicker; blade spreading, flat, 2–10(–15) cm × 1–3 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> glomerules, (1–)2–10, each with 3–12 flowers, open; primary bract usually shorter than inflorescence. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals green, margins scarious; inner series narrowly lanceolate, 5–9 mm, apex usually recurved; outer series obviously shorter, apex usually erect; stamens 3, filaments 1.5–3 mm, anthers 0.5–0.8 mm; style 0.5 mm. <b>Capsules</b> tan, 3-locular, narrowly ellipsoid, 3.5–5.5 × 0.8–1.2 mm. <b>Seeds</b> brown, ovoid, 0.3–0.4 mm, not tailed.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Shores of ponds, lakes, and borrow pits, flatwood depressions, ditches, and drainage canals
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico (Tabasco);West Indies (Cuba).
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name=Juncus repens
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Shores of ponds, lakes, and borrow pits, flatwood depressions, ditches, and drainage canals
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico (Tabasco);West Indies (Cuba).
|reference=None
|publication title=Flora Boreali-Americana
|publication year=1803
|special status=
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|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Graminifolii
|species=Juncus repens
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