Eragrostis tracyi A.S. Hitchcock. Common name: Sanibel Island Lovegrass. Habitat: Beaches, disturbed sandy areas. Distribution: Endemic to sw. peninsular FL (Pinellas County south to Collier County).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Peterson (1996) for discussion of his treatment at varietal status; notwithstanding, this taxon seems better treated at species rank.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud. var. tracyi (Hitchc.) P.M.Peterson — FlGr, FNA25, K4, WH3. Basionym: Eragrostis tracyi Hitchc. 1934
Links to other floras: = Eragrostis pectinacea var. tracyi - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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