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Nutrush

Scleria

Also called Nutrushes

Nutrush
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass

About

Scleria is a genus of flowering plants in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. They are known commonly as nutrushes. They are distributed throughout the tropics, and some species have ranges extending into temperate areas. There are about 200 species.

Other Scleria plants

Scleria afroreflexa · Scleria amazonica · Nutrush · Bracted nutrush · Nutrush · Fringed nutrush · Scleria dregeana · Scleria foliosa · Scleria greigiifolia · Scleria iostephana · Tufted Scleria Sedge · Scleria mikawana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scleria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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