The book "How to Know the Wildflowers" (1922) by Mrs William Starr Dana uses the synonym Discopleura capillacea. She also gives it the common name "Mock Bishop-Weed". The author notes that the plant blooms all summer in wet meadows, both inland and along the coast. She says it is especially common in the salt marshes near New York City. She speculates that the common name comes from the "fancied resemblance between the bracted flower clusters and a bishop's cap."

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