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|accepted_name=Juncus phaeocephalus
|accepted_authority=Engelmann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|place=2:484. 1868
|year=1868
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus
|authority=Engelmann
}}
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Ensifolii;Juncus phaeocephalus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Juncaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Juncus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Juncus subg. Ensifolii]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Juncus phaeocephalus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, rhizomatous, 2–9 dm. <b>Rhizomes</b> 2–3 mm diam. <b>Culms</b> erect, 2–5 mm diam. <b>Cataphylls</b> 2, chestnut brown, apex acute. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 2, cauline 1–2, light green; auricles absent; blade 1–15 cm × 2–5 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> panicles of (2–)10–77 heads, 2–9.5 cm with ascending to erect branches, or heads solitary; primary bract erect; heads 3–35-flowered, spheric to obovoid, 0.5–1.2 mm diam. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals dark brown to purplish brown, lanceolate, 3.3–4.8 mm, nearly equal; outer tepals acuminate, mucro subulate; inner tepals acuminate or cuspidate, mucro subulate; stamens 6, anthers 2–3 times length of filaments. <b>Capsules</b> included, chestnut brown or straw-colored, 1-locular, oblong, 3.8–5.6 mm (including beak), apex acute proximal to beak, beak slightly exserted. <b>Seeds</b> obovoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Meadows and borders of swamps
|elevation=100–300 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p>Plants with more than 10 heads of 3–12 flowers have been separated as <i>Juncus phaeocephalus</i> var. paniculatus Engelmann. This variety is very similar to the neext species (<i>Juncus macrandrus</i>) and is probably better treated as part of that species. Until a more thorough study has been made of the entire subgenus, we are hesitant to make such a transfer.</p>
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name=Juncus phaeocephalus
|author=
|authority=Engelmann
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Meadows and borders of swamps
|elevation=100–300 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=1868
|special status=
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|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Ensifolii
|species=Juncus phaeocephalus
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