Scleria pauciflora Muhlenberg ex Willdenow var. pauciflora . Common name: Papillose Nutrush. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Wet to dry pine flatwoods, pine savannas, depression meadows. Distribution: NJ west to KS, south to FL and TX; Cuba.
ID notes: Both varieties of Scleria pauciflora grow from tough, knotty, horizontal rhizomes; the stems grow 2.5-6 dm tall. Inflorescences usually are tinged a cinnamon color, sometimes strongly so (vs. green or slightly cinnamon in S. ciliata and S. elliottii. The base of the achene has 6 tubercles (vs. 3 in the just-named species). From var. caroliniana, var. pauciflora is told by its glabrous or sparsely hairy stems, leaves, and bracts (vs. densely short hairy).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Typification of S. pauciflora is controversial and unresolved at this time (Fairey & Whittemore 1999).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA23, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NS, POWO, Tn, Va, Fairey (1967), LeBlond, Tessel, & Poindexter (2015); < Scleria ciliata Michx. — WH3; < Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. — C, ETx1, GW1, Mo1, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tx, W; > Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. kansana Fernald — F; > Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. var. pauciflora — F. Basionym: Scleria pauciflora Muhl. ex Willd. 1805
Links to other floras: = Scleria pauciflora var. pauciflora - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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