Scleria verticillataMuhl. ex Willd.

low nutrush

WFO wfo-0000553244 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scleria verticillata, photographed by Quinten Wiegersma
fig. a Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-08 / obs. 149739513
Scleria verticillata, photographed by Summit Metro Parks
fig. b Summit Metro Parks, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100147250
Scleria verticillata, photographed by Sam Kieschnick
fig. c Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4985330
Scleria verticillata, photographed by Derek
fig. d Derek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 11791436
Scleria verticillata, photographed by Norma Malinowski
fig. e Norma Malinowski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20764511
Scleria verticillata, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. f Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168895402
Scleria verticillata, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. g Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 166032298
Scleria verticillata, photographed by Jade Fortnash
fig. h Jade Fortnash, CC0 1.0 / obs. 159631151

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Scleria verticillata is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba AlabamaArkansasConnecticutFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaIowaLouisianaMarylandMexico NortheastMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaOntarioPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaWisconsinBelizeCuba Bahamas
Native distribution of Scleria verticillata, 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
Connecticut CNT
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Iowa IOW
Louisiana LOU
Maryland MRY
Mexico Northeast MXE
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Oklahoma OKL
Ontario ONT
Pennsylvania PEN
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG
Wisconsin WIS
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Cuba CUB

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 4 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.

  • Hypoporum diffusum Nees
  • Hypoporum verticillatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nees
  • Scleria diffusa Michx. ex Kunth
  • Scleria kunthiana Steud.

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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