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Poaceae
Cenchrus

not marked as a favorite taxon Cenchrus brownii Roemer & J.A. Schultes. Common name: Slim-bristled Sandspur. Phenology: Mar-Dec. Habitat: Disturbed areas, maritime grasslands. Distribution: S. Florida (where apparently native), elsewhere in the se. United States (North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, where presumably introduced); West Indies; Central America, n. South America. The sole known North Carolina specimen was collected in 1885 by Gerald McCarthy in North Carolina "in locis navalibus et vastis".

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Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FlGr, FNA25, K1, K4, NS, POWO, SFla, WH3, Veldkamp (2014), Ward (2010b), Wipff (2026); = n/a — RAB; ? Cenchrus viridis Sprengel — HC, S, misapplied. Basionym: Cenchrus brownii Roem. & Schult. 1817 "Urbasionym:" Cenchrus inflexus Poiret 1804

Links to other floras: = Cenchrus brownii - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Cenchrus brownii© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
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