Latin name: Juncus phaeocephalus Engelm. var.
  paniculatus
Engelm.
  Pronunciation:
JUN-kus fee-oh-SEF-a-lus pan-ik-
  yoo-LAY-tus

  Common name: Brown-headed rush
  Family: Juncaceae (Rush)
  Habitat: Stream banks, meadows, moist seeps to
  9000', San Diego Co. north

  Blooming period: May to August
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Juncus
  2) phaeocephalus
 3) paniculatus
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