Cyperaceae
Razor grass
Scleria secans
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scleria
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Razor grass
Synonyms
- Carex flagellum J.F.Gmel.
- Carex margaritifera Steud.
- Mastigloscleria reflexa (Kunth) Nees
- Mastigloscleria reflexa var. styligera Nees
- Mastigoscleria reflexa var. styligera Nees
- Omoscleria flagellum (J.F.Gmel.) Nees
- Schoenus secans L.
- Scleria caricifolia Schrad. ex Nees
- Scleria flagellum Griseb.
- Scleria flagellum (J.F.Gmel.) Sw.
- Scleria reflexa Kunth
- Scleria reflexa var. surinamensis Boeckeler
- Scleria renggeriana Steud.
- Scleria stenophylla Core
- Scleria weigeltiana Schrad. ex Boeckeler
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Rodrigo Agostinho, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Frédéric Dupont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Scleria
- NutrushScleria sumatrensisCyperaceae
- Scleria terrestrisCyperaceae
- Scleria foliosaCyperaceae
- Scleria mackaviensisCyperaceae
- Netted nutrushScleria reticularisCyperaceae
- Low nutrushScleria verticillataCyperaceae
- Scleria afroreflexaCyperaceae
- Fewflower nutrushScleria paucifloraCyperaceae
- Whip nutrushScleria triglomerataCyperaceae
- NutrushScleria bifloraCyperaceae
- Bracted nutrushScleria bracteataCyperaceae
- Scleria bulbiferaCyperaceae
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.