Cyperaceae
Nutrush
Scleria sumatrensis
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scleria
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 印尼珍珠茅
- English
- Nutrush
- Indonesian
- Rija-rija, Kerisan
- Thai
- กกคมบาง, S. sumatrensis
Synonyms
- Scleria fauriei Ohwi
- Scleria setigera Roxb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rainer Breitling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pbsg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wibowo Djatmiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.