Leptochloa virgata (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Tropical Sprangletop. Phenology: May-Nov. Habitat: Depression marshes, sinkholes, disturbed uplands and wetlands, also as a waif at wool-combing mill and on ballast at old seaports. Distribution: S. TX south to Argentina; s. FL; West Indies.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, HC, K4, Mex, NS, POWO, SFla, Tx, WH3; = n/a — RAB; > Leptochloa domingensis (Jacq.) Trin. — S13; > Leptochloa virgata (L.) P.Beauv. — S13; Cynosurus virgatus Linnaeus. Basionym: Cynosurus virgatus L. 1759
Links to other floras: = Leptochloa virgata - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Great Plains: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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