Rhynchospora eximia (Nees) Boeckeler. Common name: Baldrush. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Pine flatwoods pond margins, mesic pine flatwoods. Distribution: Peninsular FL; West Indies; Mexico south to South America; w. Africa.
ID notes: This species, R. scirpoides, and R. nitens are rather short beaksedges, no more than 6 dm tall and often only about 3 dm. They have rather few but long leaves. The elongate inflorescences may occupy half or more of the plant height. Rhynchospora scirpoides has achenes with beaks 2/3 or more as long as the achene body, vs. achenes with shorter beaks. Rhynchospora eximia differs from both in the upturned flanges of the achene tubercle; see Rhynchospora Key F.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA23, K4, NS, POWO, WH3, WI, McMillan (2007); = n/a — S13; = Psilocarya eximia (Nees) D.B.Ward — Ward (2012a); = Psilocarya schiedeana (Kunth) Liebm. — GW1, S, misapplied; Spermodon eximius Nees. Basionym: Spermodon eximius Nees 1854
Links to other floras: = Rhynchospora eximia - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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