Aristida gyrans Chapman. Common name: Corkscrew Three-awn. Phenology: Oct-Jan. Habitat: Scrubby flatwoods and other dry pinelands, open sandy firelanes. Distribution: E. GA and w. Panhandle FL, south to s. FL. In Bryan, Long, and Montgomery counties in e. GA (Sorrie 1998b), and in wc. GA (J. Allison, pers. comm.). POWO (2024) also alleges this species to be distributed in Cuba and Hispaniola (needing investigation).
ID notes: In peninsular FL, this species occurs in more xeric sands than A. beyrichiana, and often on grey or white sands compared to the yellow sand preference of A. condensata.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, HC, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, SFla. Basionym: Aristida gyrans Chapm. 1878
Links to other floras: = Aristida gyrans - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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