Rhynchospora plumosaElliott

plumed beaksedge

WFO wfo-0000519711 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Rhynchospora plumosa, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. a Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-21 / obs. 199515113
Rhynchospora plumosa, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. b Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190457839
Rhynchospora plumosa, photographed by Michael W Belitz
fig. c Michael W Belitz, CC0 1.0 / obs. 125005591
Rhynchospora plumosa, photographed by Scott Ward
fig. d Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104847813
Rhynchospora plumosa, photographed by Will McFarland
fig. e Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 86920442
Rhynchospora plumosa, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. f Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 84779641
Rhynchospora plumosa, photographed by Will McFarland
fig. g Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76745450
Rhynchospora plumosa, photographed by Will McFarland
fig. h Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76623355

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Rhynchospora plumosa is native: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Belize, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico AlabamaFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTexasBelizeCubaHondurasNicaraguaPuerto Rico Delaware
Native distribution of Rhynchospora plumosa, 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
Delaware DEL
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Louisiana LOU
Mississippi MSI
North Carolina NCA
South Carolina SCA
Texas TEX
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Cuba CUB
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
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 6 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 plumosum (Elliott) House
  • Rhynchospora penniscta Griseb.
  • Rhynchospora plumosa var. interrupta Kük.
  • Rhynchospora plumosa var. semiplumosa (A.Gray) Alph.Wood
  • Rhynchospora semiplumosa A.Gray
  • Schoenus ciliaris Muhl.

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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