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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Scleria ciliata
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=2: 167. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Scleria;Scleria ciliata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Scleria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Scleria ciliata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 244
|treatment_page=page 248
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>perennial;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome shape;rhizome shape;rhizome fragility or size">rhizomes elongate, knotted, rather stout.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm orientation;culm size;culm shape;culm some measurement;culm pubescence;culm pubescence"><b>Culms </b>sometimes in tufts, erect, stout to slender or almost filiform, 20–70 cm, glabrous or hairy, especially on angles distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="sheath coloration;sheath architecture;sheath architecture or shape;sheath pubescence;sheath pubescence"><b>Leaves:</b> sheaths sometimes purplish, not or scarcely winged, weakly ribbed, densely pubescent or glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="contraligule shape;contraligule height or length or size">contraligules subrotund to triangular, short;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade arrangement or course or shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade variability;blade width;blade pubescence;blade pubescence">blades linear, keeled, obtuse, shorter than, equaling, or overtopping culm, 1–7 mm wide, ciliate or glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties=""><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal and axillary, fasciculate, 0.5–2.5 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="spikelet quantity;spikelet architecture;spikelet width;spikelet atypical quantity;spikelet quantity">clusters few-to-many flowered, 5–10 mm wide, each with 2–4 (–5) spikelets;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position;inflorescence architecture or arrangement;inflorescence some measurement;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence position;slender peduncle arrangement;slender peduncle height or length or size;slender peduncle orientation;slender peduncle shape">axillary clusters sometimes on short erect to slender filiform peduncles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="culm bract architecture or shape;culm bract shape;culm bract some measurement;culm bract pubescence;culm bract pubescence">bracts subtending inflorescence leaflike, awl-shaped, to 15+ cm, often appearing to continuation of culm, conspicuously ciliate or glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="spikelet reproduction;spikelet architecture;spikelet some measurement"><b>Spikelets </b>bisexual and staminate, 4–8 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="scale architecture;scale shape;scale texture">staminate scales lanceolate, membranous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="scale architecture;scale shape;midrib prominence">pistillate scales ovate-acuminate, midrib conspicuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="achene coloration;achene coloration;achene coloration;achene shape;achene some measurement;base size;base shape;apex shape;apex relief;apex relief;apex architecture or pubescence or relief;apex relief"><b>Achenes </b>whitish or often brownish gray, globose, 2–3 mm, base constricted, trigonous, apex usually umbonate, tuberculate or verrucose, rarely smooth, papillate at base;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="hypogynium coloration;border shape;tubercle quantity;tubercle coloration;tubercle shape;tubercle architecture;tubercle coating;tubercle shape;tubercle shape">hypogynium golden brown, obtusely 3-angled border, supporting 3 yellowish, globose, spiculose or pulverulent, entire or 2-lobed tubercles.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba);Central America
|discussion=<p>Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Culms, leaves, and bracts not ciliate, essentially glabrous.
|[[Scleria ciliata var. glabra|Scleria ciliata var. glabra]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Culms hairy; leaves and bracts ciliate.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Widest leaves 1–3.5 mm wide; achenes 2–3 × 1.5–2.3 mm.
|[[Scleria ciliata var. ciliata|Scleria ciliata var. ciliata]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Widest leaves 3.5–7 mm wide; achenes 2.6–3.6 × 2–2.6 mm.
|[[Scleria ciliata var. elliottii|Scleria ciliata var. elliottii]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Scleria ciliata
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba);Central America
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1803
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Scleria
|species=Scleria ciliata
|achene coloration=brownish gray;often;whitish
|achene shape=globose
|achene some measurement=2mm;3mm
|apex architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|apex relief=papillate;verrucose;tuberculate
|apex shape=umbonate
|base shape=trigonous
|base size=constricted
|blade arrangement or course or shape=linear
|blade pubescence=glabrous;ciliate
|blade shape=obtuse;keeled
|blade variability=equaling
|blade width=1mm;7mm
|border shape=3-angled
|contraligule height or length or size=short
|contraligule shape=subrotund;triangular
|culm bract architecture or shape=leaflike
|culm bract pubescence=glabrous;ciliate
|culm bract shape=awl--shaped
|culm bract some measurement=0cm;15cm
|culm orientation=erect
|culm pubescence=hairy;glabrous
|culm shape=filiform
|culm size=stout;slender
|culm some measurement=20cm;70cm
|hypogynium coloration=golden brown
|inflorescence architecture or arrangement=fasciculate
|inflorescence arrangement=cluster
|inflorescence position=axillary;axillary
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|inflorescence some measurement=0.5cm;2.5cm
|midrib prominence=conspicuous
|rhizome fragility or size=stout
|rhizome shape=knotted;elongate
|scale architecture=pistillate;staminate
|scale shape=ovate-acuminate;lanceolate
|scale texture=membranous
|sheath architecture=winged
|sheath architecture or shape=ribbed
|sheath coloration=purplish
|sheath pubescence=glabrous;pubescent
|slender peduncle arrangement=cluster
|slender peduncle height or length or size=short
|slender peduncle orientation=erect
|slender peduncle shape=filiform
|spikelet architecture=staminate;flowered
|spikelet atypical quantity=4;5
|spikelet quantity=2;4
|spikelet reproduction=bisexual
|spikelet some measurement=4mm;8mm
|spikelet width=5mm;10mm
|tubercle architecture=spiculose
|tubercle coating=pulverulent
|tubercle coloration=yellowish
|tubercle quantity=3
|tubercle shape=2-lobed;entire;globose
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=plant
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