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Scleria gaertneri

Botanic Family

Cyperaceae

Author

Raddi

Common Names

• Razor Grass
• Cut Grass

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Belize
• Benin
• Bolivia
• Minas Gerais - Brazil
• Burkina Faso
• Chad
• Colombia
• Congo
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• French Guiana
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guadeloupe
• Guatemala
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Guyana
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Lesser Antilles
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Nigeria
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Reunion
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Suriname
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Virgin Islands - USA
• Venezuela
• Venezuelan Antilles
• Windward Islands
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Feb-Aug (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Aug Feb-Aug (Puerto Rico)

Perennial erect or scandent rhizomatous herb with serrate scabrid culms, scabrid leaves to 800mm x 11mm with cutting edges. Terminal panicles to 80mm long, spikelets to 5mm long. Grey to blackish or white sometimes with purple tinge achenes to 2.6mm long, nut to 2.5mm diameter.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• SAFIO
• Kew