Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ctenium floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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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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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 (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
3611
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Dry pinelands, longleaf pine sandhills, upper ecotones of pineland pools. Like Ct. aromaticum, generally flowering only following fire, 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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p516
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p109
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p412
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