Sporobolus indicus (Linnaeus) R. Brown. Common name: Smut Grass, Blackseed. Phenology: (Jan-) Jul-Oct (-Dec). Habitat: Low prairies and swales, roadsides, lawns, disturbed situations. Distribution: Pantropical and subtropical, its original distribution apparently in the New World tropics, but obscured by its weedy capabilities and sometimes considered introduced in whole or in part in our area.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Bah, C, ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, GW1, Il, Meso6, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, S13, Tn, Tx, Va, W, Simon & Jacobs (1999); = n/a — Tat; = Sporobolus indicus (L.) R.Br. var. indicus — K4, WH3; > Sporobolus berteroanus (Trin.) Hitchc. & Chase — S; > Sporobolus indicus (L.) R.Br. — HC, S, SFla; > Sporobolus poiretii (Roem. & Schult.) Hitchc. — F, G, HC, RAB, SFla; Agrostis indica Linnaeus. Basionym: Agrostis indica L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Sporobolus indicus - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
• Great Plains: FACU
• Midwest: FACU
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 9