OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus megacephalus   FAMILY Juncaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus megacephalus   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Juncus megacephalus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Juncus megacephalus

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, 1938)

Juncus megacephalus

 

COMMON NAME:
Large-headed Rush, Bighead Rush


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image of Juncus megacephalus, Large-headed Rush, Bighead Rush

Keith Bradley    kab_j_megacephalus_02129

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 (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).

image of Juncus megacephalus, Large-headed Rush, Bighead Rush

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus megacephalus   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus megacephalus   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus megacephalus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Juncus megacephalus

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, 1938)
Juncus megacephalus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3977

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Brackish and freshwater marshes, bogs, wet prairies, interdune swales, ditches, wet, open places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC

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LEAVES:
Simple - terete
Basal (0-1) & alternate (2-3)

FLOWER:
Summer
Tepals straw-colored to reddish to reddish-brown
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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