Cyperaceae
Muehlenberg's nutrush
Scleria muehlenbergii
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scleria
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Scleria muehlenbergiiCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Muehlenberg's nutrush
Synonyms
- Scleria bracteata var. angusta Griseb.
- Scleria debilis C.Wright
- Scleria dictyocarpa C.Wright ex Griseb.
- Scleria hemitaphra Steud.
- Scleria latilacunosa Kük.
- Scleria laxa Torr.
- Scleria reticularis Muhl.
- Scleria reticularis var. pubescens Britton
- Scleria setacea var. hemitaphra (Steud.) Kük.
- Scleria stereorrhiza C.Wright ex C.B.Clarke
- Scleria stereorrhiza var. major C.B.Clarke
- Scleria stevensiana Britton
- Scleria torreyana Walp.
- Scleria trichopoda C.Wright ex Small & Britton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.