Nevada Rush

Description

Juncus tiehmii-is a species of-rush-known by the common name-Nevada rush. It is native to the western United States, where it grows in wet habitat with-granite-sand substrate, including riverbanks and barren-seeps. This is a small annual herb forming dense clumps of hair-thin stems no more than about 6 centimeters high. The-inflorescence-is made up of one to seven tiny flowers atop each stem. The flowers have a few greenish to pink or red segments no more than about 3 millimeters long.