Rhynchospora cephalantha A. Gray var. cephalantha . Common name: Common Bunched Beaksedge. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Pine savannas, wet roadsides, ditches, wet powerline rights-of-way. This taxon is often weedy. Distribution: S. NJ south to s. FL and west to e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Va, McMillan (2007); < Rhynchospora cephalantha A.Gray — C, ETx1, FNA23, GW1, K4, NY, POWO, RAB, WH3; > Rhynchospora cephalantha A.Gray var. cephalantha — F, G, NS; > Rhynchospora cephalantha A.Gray var. pleiocephala Fernald & Gale — F, G, NS, Gale (1944); > Rhynchospora cephalantha A.Gray var. typica Fernald & Gale — Gale (1944); < Rynchospora axillaris (Lam.) Britton — S, S13. Basionym: Rhynchospora cephalantha A.Gray 1835
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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Horticultural Information
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