Rhynchospora capillacea

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}

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|image = Rhynchospora capillacea BB-1913-2.png

| status = G4

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{cite web |title=Rhynchospora capillacea |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.149349/Rhynchospora_capillacea |website=NatureServe Explorer |publisher=NatureServe |accessdate=28 September 2024}}

|genus = Rhynchospora

|species = capillacea

|authority = Torr.

}}

Rhynchospora capillacea is a species of sedge known by the common names needle beaksedge, slender beakrush and needle beakrush.{{cite web|url=http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/name/Rhynchospora%20capillacea?lang=en|title=Rhynchospora capillacea|website=Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN)|publisher=Canadensys}} It is native to eastern North America from Labrador to Alberta, and south to Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357862|title=Rhynchospora capillacea in Flora of North America|website=www.efloras.org}} It grows in wet, usually calcareous habitat, such as fens, sandy or stony shores, interdunal flats, and wet meadows {{cite web|url=http://michiganflora.net/genus.aspx?id=Rhynchospora|title=Rhynchospora - Michigan Flora|website=michiganflora.net}} It is a perennial herb producing clumps of stems {{convert|10|to|40|cm}} tall, each stem with very narrow, filiform leaves. The inflorescence consists of few (1–4) narrow brown spikelets each about 6 or 7 millimetres long.