Sporobolus contractus A.S. Hitchcock. Common name: Narrow-spiked Dropseed. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of sw. United States and Mexico (BCN, BCS, CHH, COA, DGO, JAL, NLE, SLP, SON, ZAC).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA25, K4, Mex, NE, Tx. Basionym: Sporobolus contractus Hitchc. 1915 "Urbasionym:" Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A.Gray var. strictus Scribn. 1882
Links to other floras: = Sporobolus contractus - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 0
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