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*Coix lacryma-jobi Linnaeus. Common name: Job's-Tears. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Disturbed areas, perhaps merely a waif. Distribution: Native of tropical Asia. Reported for se. PA (Rhoads & Block 2007), TN (Thieret in FNA 2003a), c. KY (Kartesz 2010), and s. NJ (Kartesz 1999; Kartesz 2010).

Origin/Endemic status: E., se., and s. Asia

Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, F, FNA25, K4, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, S; = n/a — C, RAB. Basionym: Coix lacryma-jobi L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Coix lacryma-jobi - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

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native range: southeastern Asia



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