Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Ctenium floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ctenium floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Ctenium floridanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campulosus floridanus
COMMON NAME:
Florida Toothache Grass, Florida orangegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ctfl_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ctenium_floridanum_2
July
Spikelets pectinately arranged on one side of a continuous rachis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Ctenium floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ctenium floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Ctenium floridanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campulosus floridanus
3611
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare, endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Look for it in dry pinelands, sandhills, upper ecotones of pineland pools, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets tan to light brown
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain red
Grain
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