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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ctenium floridanum   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ctenium floridanum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ctenium floridanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Ctenium floridanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Ctenium floridanum

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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image of Ctenium floridanum, Florida Toothache Grass, Florida orangegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_ctfl_001_lvd

        

image of Ctenium floridanum, Florida Toothache Grass, Florida orangegrass

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ctenium_floridanum_2

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Spikelets pectinately arranged on one side of a continuous rachis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ctenium floridanum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ctenium floridanum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ctenium floridanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Ctenium floridanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ctenium floridanum

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3611

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry pinelands, longleaf pine sandhills, upper ecotones of pineland pools, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Spikelets tan to light brown

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain red
Grain

 

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