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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scleria oligantha   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scleria oligantha   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Scleria oligantha

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

Scleria oligantha

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-15-001:

Scleria oligantha   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Scleria oligantha

 

COMMON NAME:
Few-flowered Nutrush, Littlehead Nutrush


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image of Scleria oligantha, Few-flowered Nutrush, Littlehead Nutrush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_britt_3957_scleria_ol

        

The long, filiform, arching lateral peduncles are distinctive, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Scleria oligantha, Few-flowered Nutrush, Littlehead Nutrush

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_s_oligantha_9753

April    Catawba County    NC

image of Scleria oligantha, Few-flowered Nutrush, Littlehead Nutrush

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_s_oligantha_9760

April    Catawba County    NC

Culms usually in tufts, erect, slender, sometimes appearing weak, per Flora of North America.

image of Scleria oligantha, Few-flowered Nutrush, Littlehead Nutrush

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_s_oligantha_0011

May    Iredell County    NC

Bracts subtending inflorescence leaflike, linear-lanceolate, 3-10 cm, per Flora of North America.

image of Scleria oligantha, Few-flowered Nutrush, Littlehead Nutrush

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_s_oligantha_7470

June    Iredell County    NC

image of Scleria oligantha, Few-flowered Nutrush, Littlehead Nutrush

JK Marlow    jkm130718_461

July    McDowell County    NC

Base of achene has hypogynium w 8-9 minutely papillate [nipple-like] tubercles, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Scleria oligantha   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scleria oligantha   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Scleria oligantha

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-15-001:
Scleria oligantha   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scleria oligantha

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2257

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry to moist forests and woodlands, swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 3-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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