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Sphenopholis

not marked as a favorite taxon Sphenopholis interrupta (Buckley) Lamson-Scribner. Common name: Prairie False Oats. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Grasslands, disturbed areas, eastwards in disturbed areas and along railroad tracks, also waste areas near wool-combing mills. Distribution: OK, CO and AZ south to w. LA (where uncertainly native) TX, NM, and Mexico (BCN, NLE, SON).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: See Barger et al. (2012).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Mex, X; = n/a — RAB; = Sphenopholis interrupta (Buckley) Scribn. ssp. interrupta — K4; = Trisetum interruptum Buckley — ETx1, FNA24, NcTx, Tx; > Trisetum hallii Scribn. — S13; > Trisetum interruptum Buckley — S13. Basionym: Trisetum interruptum Buckley 1862

Links to other floras: = Trisetum interruptum - FNA24

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