Scleria ciliataMichx.

fringed nutrush

WFO wfo-0000549143 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scleria ciliata, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. a Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-07-02 / obs. 82211986
Scleria ciliata, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. b Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 3619529
Scleria ciliata, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. c Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157045567
Scleria ciliata, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. d Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135085687
Scleria ciliata, photographed by Athena Philips
fig. e Athena Philips, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135185035
Scleria ciliata, photographed by Scott Ward
fig. f Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 116304359
Scleria ciliata, photographed by Scott Ward
fig. g Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109654501
Scleria ciliata, photographed by Scott Ward
fig. h Scott Ward, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104850764

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Scleria ciliata is native: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Brazil South, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Windward Is. AlabamaFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyLouisianaMexico CentralMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestMississippiMissouriNorth CarolinaOklahomaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaArgentina NortheastBelizeBrazil SouthCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaParaguayPuerto Rico Windward Is.
Native distribution of Scleria ciliata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Kentucky KTY
Louisiana LOU
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
North Carolina NCA
Oklahoma OKL
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Brazil South BZS
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Paraguay PAR
Puerto Rico PUE
Windward Is. WIN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Acorus brasiliensium Schott ex Nees
  • Scleria brittonii Core
  • Scleria brittonii Core ex Small
  • Scleria ciliata var. glabrescens Maury
  • Scleria ciliata var. pauciflora Kük.
  • Scleria coriacea Liebm.
  • Scleria elliottii Chapm.
  • Scleria glabra (Chapm.) Britton
  • Scleria hirtella Michx.
  • Scleria macrantha Boeckeler
  • Scleria melanomphala var. macrantha (Boeck.) Boeck.
  • Scleria pauciflora var. glabra Chapm.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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