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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Juncus megacephalus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Large-headed Rush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus megacephalus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-025:
Juncus megacephalus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Juncus megacephalus
COMMON NAME:
Large-headed Rush, Bighead Rush
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April Miami-Dade County FL
South Dade Wetlands
Spherical heads 5-12mm across, bract subtending infl short and inconcpicuous, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_j_megacephalus_77095
June Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Inflorescence spreading, several headed; heads spherical, 40-80 flowered, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Juncus megacephalus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus megacephalus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-025:
Juncus megacephalus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Juncus megacephalus
3977
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon
Look for it in brackish and freshwater marshes, bogs, wet prairies, interdune swales, ditches, wet, open places, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple - terete
Basal (0-1) & alternate (2-3)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tepals straw-colored to reddish to reddish-brown
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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