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|accepted_name=Juncus chlorocephalus
|accepted_authority=Engelmann
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|place=2:485. 1868
|year=1868
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Juncaceae;Juncus;Juncus subg. Septati;Juncus chlorocephalus
|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. Septati]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Juncus chlorocephalus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, 2–4.5 dm. <b>Culms</b> erect, terete, 1–3 mm diam., smooth. <b>Cataphylls</b> 1, straw-colored or maroon, apex acute. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 1–2, cauline 2–3; auricles 2–3.5 mm, apex rounded, scarious; blade terete, 2–16 cm × 1–2 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> single heads (rarely cluster of 2–3 heads), 0.5–2 cm; primary bract erect; heads 15–25-flowered, spheric, 11–14 mm diam. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals light green to light pink or white, lanceolate, 3.1–4.2 mm, apex obtuse; stamens 6, anthers 2–3 times filament length. <b>Capsules</b> included, straw-colored, 1-locular, broadly obovoid to ovoid, 2.2–2.5 mm, apex obtuse, valves separating at dehiscence, fertile throughout or only proximal to middle. <b>Seeds</b> oblong, 0.5 mm, not tailed; body clear yellow-brown.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting mid summer–fall.
|habitat=Sandbars, meadows, damp soil in rock outcrops, and talus
|elevation=1400–3000 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.
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|references=
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name=Juncus chlorocephalus
|authority=Engelmann
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Juncaceae
|phenology=Fruiting mid summer–fall.
|habitat=Sandbars, meadows, damp soil in rock outcrops, and talus
|elevation=1400–3000 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=1868
|special status=
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|genus=Juncus
|subgenus=Juncus subg. Septati
|species=Juncus chlorocephalus
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