OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
 Scleria ciliata   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scleria ciliata var. glabra   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Scleria brittonii

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Scleria ciliata var. ciliata

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Scleria ciliata var. glabra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Scleria ciliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-15-005:

Scleria ciliata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Scleria brittonii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Scleria ciliata var. ciliata

 

COMMON NAME:
 Fringed Nutrush, Hairy Nutrush

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
 Scleria ciliata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scleria ciliata var. glabra   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Scleria brittonii

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
 Scleria ciliata var. ciliata

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
 Scleria ciliata var. glabra

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
 Scleria ciliata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-15-005:
 Scleria ciliata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Scleria brittonii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Scleria ciliata var. ciliata

 

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4451

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Wet to dry sandy thickets and pine flatwoods, typically on sandy soil, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 3-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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