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Scleria lithosperma
Scleria lithosperma
(L.) Sw.
Common Names:
Slender Nut Rush
Family:
Cyperaceae
Habit:
Scleria lithosperma
grows as a perennial clumping herb to 40 centimeters in height (typically 15-20 centimeters). The reddish leaves are arranged alternately, parallel veined, to 15 cm in length on a triangular shaped stem. At the base of the leaf blade is a triangular pilose extension.
The incomplete, imperfect, zygomorphic, flowers are arranged terminally and in leaf axils. The individual flowers are subtended by 1 scale. The lower flowers in each spikelet are infertile. There is no calyx or corolla. There is 1 stamen. The ovary is superior with a single locule. The fruit is a white achene at maturity.
Habitat:
Scleria lithosperma
grows as an understory herb in Dry Broadleaf Evergreen Formation – Forest/Woodland/Shrubland/Dwarf Shrubland.
Distribution:
Scleria lithosperma
occurs on all island groupings in the Lucayan Archipelago and through old and new world tropical and subtropical region.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage:
Scleria lithosperma
is not known to be used medicinally in the Lucayan Archipelago.
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