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Key to Rhynchospora, Key A: beaksedges with tubercles 3-23 mm long
[subgenus Haplostylae; sections Longirostres and Polycephalae]

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Show caption*© Jacob M. Smith
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Show caption*© Keith Bradley
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Show caption*© Jacob M. Smith
1 Spikelets arranged in globose or subglobose clusters; tubercle 3-5 mm; leaf blades 2-8 mm wide.
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Show caption*© Jacob M. Smith
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Show caption*© Jacob M. Smith
  2 Spikelets arranged in subglobose, umbel-like clusters; achene margins crimped; plants not rhizomatous; [section Longirostres]
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Show caption*© Scott Ward
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Show caption*© Scott Ward
  2 Spikelets arranged in tightly globose clusters; achene margins not crimped; plants rhizomatous; [section Polycephalae]
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Show caption*© Bruce A. Sorrie
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Show caption*© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright
1 Spikelets in > 4 paniculate or corymbose clusters; tubercle 10-23 mm long; leaf blades 6-20 mm wide; [section Longirostres].
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Show caption*© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright
    3 Longest bristles shorter than the achene
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Show caption*© Scott Ward
    3 Longest bristles longer than or equaling the achene.
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Show caption*© Gary P. Fleming
      4 Plants cespitose; primary clusters with 10-50 (rarely 7 or fewer) densely clustered spikelets; achene (4.5-) 5-6 mm long
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Show caption*© Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Show caption*© Jay Horn
      4 Plants rhizomatous; primary clusters with 1-6 loosely clustered spikelets; achene (3.5-) 4.0-4.8 mm long.
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Show caption*© Scott Ward
        5 Bristles 2-8 mm long, the central bristle longest on one face, shortest or absent on the other
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Show caption*© Scott Ward
        5 Bristles 7-12 mm long, essentially of equal length