Cyperaceae
Low nutrush
Scleria verticillata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scleria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Low nutrush
Synonyms
- Hypoporum diffusum Nees
- Hypoporum verticillatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nees
- Scleria diffusa Michx. ex Kunth
- Scleria kunthiana Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Devin Floyd, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge , Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brandon Wheeler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Summit Metro Parks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.