Scleria oliganthaMichx.

littlehead nutrush

WFO wfo-0000552096 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scleria oligantha, photographed by hr_dragonfly
fig. a hr_dragonfly, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-06 / obs. 195349692
Scleria oligantha, photographed by botanygirl
fig. b botanygirl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 355084
Scleria oligantha, photographed by John Kees
fig. c John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204028407
Scleria oligantha, photographed by John Kees
fig. d John Kees, CC0 1.0 / obs. 202325322
Scleria oligantha, photographed by Bonnie Semmling
fig. e Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202139989
Scleria oligantha, photographed by Will McFarland
fig. f Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148305019
Scleria oligantha, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. g Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 85384947
Scleria oligantha, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. h Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 19009314

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Scleria oligantha is native: Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Guatemala, Honduras AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaKentuckyLouisianaMarylandMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMississippiMissouriNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaGuatemalaHonduras District of Columbia
Native distribution of Scleria oligantha, 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
Arkansas ARK
District of Columbia WDC
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Kentucky KTY
Louisiana LOU
Maryland MRY
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Oklahoma OKL
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG
Guatemala GUA SOUTHERN AMERICA
Honduras HON

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 2 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.

  • Scleria leptoculmis Alph.Wood
  • Scleria purpureozonata Liebm.

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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