Froelichia gracilis (Hooker) Moquin-Tandon. Common name: Slender Cottonweed. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Dry soils; eastwards adventive in vacant lots, sandy fields, railroad banks. Distribution: Native of mw. United States and n. Mexico (CHH, COA, NLE, SON, TAM), the eastern limit of its native distribution uncertain.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA4, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NY, Ok, Pa, RAB, S13, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV, McCauley & Ballard (2007a), McCauley & Ballard (2007b), McCauley (2004); = Froelichia braunii Standl. — Tx. Basionym: Oplotheca gracilis Hook. 1840
Links to other floras: = Froelichia gracilis - FNA4
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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