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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Scleria elliottii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Scleria at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scleria ciliata var. ciliata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Scleria ciliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Scleria elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Scleria ciliata var. elliottii
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Scleria ciliata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-15-005?:
Scleria ciliata FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scleria elliottii
COMMON NAME:
Broad-leaved Hairy Nutrush, Elliott's Nutrush
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsciliataelliottii_poe
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Culms stout, pubescent or ciliate. Lvs 3.5-7 mm wide. Bracts densely ciliate, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm220927_0009
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220927_0011
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm220927_0011b
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Scleria elliottii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scleria ciliata var. ciliata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Scleria ciliata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Scleria elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Scleria ciliata var. elliottii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Scleria ciliata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-15-005?:
Scleria ciliata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scleria elliottii
2337
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pine-oak woodlands, meadows, bogs, and clay-based Carolina bays, typically on loamy sands, 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/Fall
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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