View source for Juncus polycephalus

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|accepted_name=Juncus polycephalus
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Flora Boreali-Americana
|place=1: 192. 1803 (as polycephalos)
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus echinatus
|authority=Muhlenberg
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Juncus engelmannii
|authority=Buchenau
}}
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Ensifolii;Juncus polycephalus
|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 polycephalus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, 6–10 dm. <b>Culms</b> erect, 3–14 mm diam. <b>Cataphylls</b> absent. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 2–3(–6), cauline 1–4, brownish green; auricles absent; blade 8–70 cm × 4–8 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> panicles of 16–82 heads, 10–30 cm; primary bract erect; heads 20–30-flowered, spheric, 8–12 mm diam. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals green to reddish, lance-subulate, 3–4 mm, nearly equal, apex acuminate; stamens 3, anthers 1/3–1/2 length of filaments. <b>Capsules</b> exserted, straw-colored, 1-locular, narrowly ovoid, 4–5 mm, apex tapering to beak, remaining after dehiscence. <b>Seeds</b> lance-ellipsoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, not tailed.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Wet or seasonally wet shores, depressions, occasionally in fairly deep water of streams, usually with a peaty or mucky substrate, occasionally sandy to gravelly
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Juncus polycephalus
|author=
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Juncus echinatus;Juncus engelmannii
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Fruiting spring–fall.
|habitat=Wet or seasonally wet shores, depressions, occasionally in fairly deep water of streams, usually with a peaty or mucky substrate, occasionally sandy to gravelly
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Flora Boreali-Americana
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_513.xml
|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Ensifolii
|species=Juncus polycephalus
}}<!--

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