Cenchrus brownii Roemer & J.A. Schultes. Slim-bristled Sandspur. Phen: Mar-Dec. Hab: Disturbed areas, maritime grasslands. Dist: S. FL (where apparently native), elsewhere in the se. United States (NC, GA, AL, where presumably introduced); West Indies; Central America, n. South America. The sole known NC specimen was collected in 1885 by Gerald McCarthy in NC "in locis navalibus et vastis".
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Synonymy: = Bah, FlGr, FNA25, K1, K3, K4, SFla, WH3, Ward (2010b); = n/a – RAB; ? Cenchrus viridis Spreng. – HC, S, misapplied
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
Heliophily: 9
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