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Ctenium

not marked as a favorite taxon Ctenium floridanum (A.S. Hitchcock) A.S. Hitchcock. Common name: Florida Toothache Grass. Phenology: May-Nov. Habitat: Dry pinelands, longleaf pine sandhills, upper ecotones of pineland pools. Like Ct. aromaticum, generally flowering only following fire. Distribution: A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. GA to ne. FL.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, GW1, HC, K4, NS, POWO, WH3; = Campulosus chapadensis Trin. — S13; = Campulosus floridanus Hitchc. — S. Basionym: Campulosus floridanus Hitchc. 1915

Links to other floras: = Ctenium floridanum - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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