Rhynchospora odorataC.Wright ex Griseb.

fragrant beaksedge

WFO wfo-0000519176 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rhynchospora odorata, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. a Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-15 / obs. 197967457
Rhynchospora odorata, photographed by Daniel Levitis
fig. b Daniel Levitis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105746385
Rhynchospora odorata, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. c Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201157413
Rhynchospora odorata, photographed by Jared Shorma
fig. d Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197971455
Rhynchospora odorata, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. e Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 166035474
Rhynchospora odorata, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. f Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157044510
Rhynchospora odorata, photographed by brycelee
fig. g brycelee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122566889
Rhynchospora odorata, photographed by Scott Ward
fig. h Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 119007778

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Rhynchospora odorata is native: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico AlabamaFloridaGeorgiaNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaCubaJamaicaPuerto Rico BahamasBermuda
Native distribution of Rhynchospora odorata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
North Carolina NCA
South Carolina SCA
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bermuda BER
Cuba CUB
Jamaica JAM
Puerto Rico PUE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 2 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Phaeocephalum stipitatum (Chapm.) House
  • Rhynchospora stipitata Chapm.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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