*Catapodium rigidum (Linnaeus) Dony ssp. rigidum . Common name: Fern Grass. Phenology: Mar-May. Habitat: Shell mounds (SC), railroad tracks, stock pens, waste areas around wool-combing mills, other disturbed areas, perhaps only a waif in the northern parts of our area and somewhat established in the Gulf Coastal Plain. Distribution: Native of Mediterranean Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Synonymy ⓘ: = NY, POWO; = n/a — C, RAB; < Catapodium rigidum (L.) Dony — K4, Tx, Soreng et al (2003); < Desmazeria rigida (L.) Tutin — ETx1, FlGr, FNA24, NcTx, NE, NS, WH3; < Scleropoa rigida (L.) Griseb.; Poa rigida Linnaeus. Basionym: Poa rigida L. 1754
Links to other floras: < Desmazeria rigida - FNA24
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