Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Scleria pauciflora +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Papillose Nutrush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scleria pauciflora
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Scleria pauciflora +
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Scleria pauciflora +
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Scleria pauciflora
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-15-004:
Scleria pauciflora FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scleria pauciflora
COMMON NAME:
Papillose Nutrush, Carolina Nutrush, Fewflower Nutrush
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Scleria pauciflora +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Scleria pauciflora
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Scleria pauciflora +
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Scleria pauciflora +
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Scleria pauciflora
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-15-004:
Scleria pauciflora
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Scleria pauciflora
2663
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Look for it in wet to dry pine flatwoods, pine savannas, depression meadows (var. pauciflora), or in savannas of the Coastal Plain (var. caroliniana), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common, uncommon, or rare - depending on variety & region
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 3-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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