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Elionurus tripsacoides Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow. Common name: Pan-American Balsamscale. Phenology: May-Nov. Habitat: Low sandy pine rocklands, pine savannas. Distribution: S. GA south to s. FL, west to s. and w. TX, and south through Central America to s. South America. Reported for sw. GA by Jones & Coile (1988), for s. MS and FL (Sorrie & Leonard 1999), and from s. AL (Baldwin County) (C. Oberholster & W. Barger, pers.comm., 2024).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, K4, S13, WH3; = Elyonurus tripsacoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. — GW1, HC, S, Tx, orthographic variant; < Elionurus barbiculmis Hack. — Mex. Basionym: Elionurus tripsacoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. 1806

Links to other floras: = Elionurus tripsacoides - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Great Plains: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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