Scleria pauciflora | |
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1913 illustration [1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Scleria |
Species: | S. pauciflora
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Binomial name | |
Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd.
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Scleria pauciflora, known as few-flowered nutrush, papillose nut-sedge, and Carolina-whipgrass, is a plant in the sedge family ( Cyperaceae) native to northern Mexico, the eastern United States, southern Canada, and Cuba. [2] [3] It is common across a broad stretch of the southeastern United States in many different habitat types, becoming rare at the northern end of its distribution. [4]
It was first formally described in 1805. [5] Three varieties are accepted: [2]
It is listed as endangered in Massachusetts and Michigan and as threatened in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. [3] In Canada, it is only known from Ontario, where it is listed as an S1 species (Critically Imperiled). [4]
The variety Scleria pauciflora var. caroliniana is listed as endangered in Connecticut. [6]