Scleria distans
Scleria distans
- Native to:
- Angola | Argentina | Belize | Benin | Bolivia | Botswana | Brazil | Burkina | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Colombia | Congo | Costa Rica | Cuba | Dominican Republic | DR Congo | Ecuador | Ethiopia | French Guiana | Gabon | Galápagos | Ghana | Guam | Guatemala | Guinea | Guyana | Honduras | Ivory Coast | Kenya | Leeward Is. | Liberia | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritius | Mexico | Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest | Mozambique | Nicaragua | Nigeria | Panamá | Paraguay | Peru | Puerto Rico | Rwanda | Senegal | Sierra Leone | South Africa | Sudan-South Sudan | Suriname | Tanzania | Togo | Trinidad-Tobago | Uganda | United States | AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, TX | Uruguay | Venezuela | Venezuelan Antilles | Zambia
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Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Cyperaceae
- Genus:
- Scleria
- Species:
- Scleria distans
Growth Characteristics
- Growth Habit:
- Geophyte , Forb/herb
- Height:
- 100 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Low
- Bloom Months:
- jun,jul,aug,sep
- Bloom Colors:
- greenish-white
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Wildlife Value:
- birds
- Fire Ecology:
- Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire
- Fire Notes:
- Occurs in fire-maintained wet pine savannas; benefits from periodic fire to reduce competition.
Source: deepseek-v4-flash