*Heteropogon contortus (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer. Common name: Tanglehead. Phenology: (Mar-) Jun-Feb Habitat: Pine flatwoods, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of the Old World tropics and subtropics. Sometimes considered to be native of the New World as well as the Old World.
Origin/Endemic status: Pantropics
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, HC, K4, S13, Tx, WH3; Andropogon contortus Linnaeus. Basionym: Andropogon contortus L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Heteropogon contortus - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
- Great Plains: UPL
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