Urochloa texana (Buckley) R. Webster. Common name: Texas Millet, Texas Signalgrass. Phenology: May-Dec. Habitat: Edges of agricultural fields, other disturbed areas, gardens. Distribution: Native of TX. OK, NM, and AZ south to TX and Mexico. First reported for SC by Hill & Horn (1997). Apparently spreading in eastern North America. Reported as "new to DE and spreading in MD" by Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp (2016).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, K4, Mex, Mo1, NcTx, NE, POWO, WH3, Crins (1991), Webster (1988); = Brachiaria texana (Buckley) S.T.Blake — NS; = n/a — Tat; = Panicum texanum Buckley — C, HC, RAB, S, Tx. Basionym: Panicum texanum Buckley 1866
Links to other floras: = Urochloa texana - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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