Scleria interrupta Rich.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Scleria

Characteristics

Annual, with fibrous roots; culms 15-50 cm. high, triangular, sparsely hirsute with long white hairs or rarely glabrate; leaves 5-20 cm. long, 1-2 mm. wide, pubescent, flat, linear; sheaths pubescent; inflorescence glomerate-spicate, 5-10 cm. long; spikelets 2-4 mm. long; staminate scales lanceolate; pistillate scales ovate, purplish-tinged; hypogynium none; achene sparsely rugose-verrucose or tuberculate, 1-1.5 mm. long, mucronate, trigonous, 12-porose at the attenuate base.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.5
Root system fibrous-root
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Scleria interrupta world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Scleria interrupta threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:314781-1
WFO ID wfo-0000550748
COL ID 4VNT7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 731850
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Synonyms

Scleria doradoensis Scleria interrupta Scleria pinetorum Hypoporum interruptum Scleria melanotricha var. glabrior Scleria schweinfurthiana var. melanocarpa Scleria distans var. interrupta Scleria hirtella subsp. interrupta