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Rhynchospora cephalantha A. Gray var. attenuata Gale. Common name: Small Bunched Beaksedge. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Pine savannas, sandhill seeps, openings in streamhead pocosins, blackwater streamheads and their ecotones, often under a tree/shrub canopy. Distribution: E. MD and se. VA south to s. GA and s. AL, west to w. LA.

ID notes: The heads of R. cephalantha var. attenuata are hemispheric, not globular as in other varieties of R. cephalantha. Spikelets are brown to dark brown. Stems usually lean at an angle, not vertical as in R. chalarocephala, which also differs in its very dark brown spikelets.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: See Sorrie et al. (1997) for additional discussion.

Synonymy ⓘ: = NS, Va, Gale (1944), McMillan (2007); < Rhynchospora cephalantha A.Gray — C, FNA23, GW1, K4, POWO, RAB, Tat; < Rynchospora axillaris (Lam.) Britton — S, S13. Basionym: Rhynchospora cephalantha A.Gray var. attenuata Gale 1944

Links to other floras: < Rhynchospora cephalantha - FNA23

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Patrick McMillan | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Patrick McMillan | Original Image ⭷

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