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Scleria amazonica is a plant species native to the State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela.
Scleria amazonica is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Stem is triangular in cross-section, up to 120 cm tall. Leaves are up to 45 cm long, with a V-shaped ligule of dense hairs. Inflorescences unisexual, in a paniculate arrangement, up to 46 cm long. Achenes have a course network of raised decorations on the surface.
Scleria afroreflexa · Nutrush · Bracted nutrush · Nutrush · Fringed nutrush · Scleria dregeana · Scleria foliosa · Scleria greigiifolia · Scleria iostephana · Tufted Scleria Sedge · Scleria mikawana · Littlehead nutrush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scleria amazonica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
