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Scleria oligantha
Also called Few Flowered Nutrush, Little Headed Nutrush
Littlehead nutrush (Scleria oligantha) is a small perennial sedge from the eastern US and Central America, growing in tufts in forests, meadows and swamp edges. It is a native wild species rather than a common garden or houseplant, and it prefers moist, partly shaded conditions.
Scleria oligantha, commonly known as littlehead nutrush or few-flowered nutrush, is a species of perennial graminoid found in North and Central America.
Within the United States, S. oligantha can be found from Ohio south to Florida and westward to Texas and Oklahoma. There are also populations present in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.
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 oligantha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
