Disakisperma dubium (Kunth) P.M. Peterson & N. Snow. Green Sprangletop. Phen: Jan-Dec. Hab: Coastal rock barrens (s. FL), rocky slopes, hammocks, disturbed areas (including as a waif at wool-combing mills and ballast sites). Dist: FL, TX, and CA south through Central America and South America. Also reported for NC by Kartesz (1999), but the documentation indicates that it was cultivated at a Soil Conservation Service test nursery in Chapel Hill, Orange County.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy: = FlGr, K3, K4, Mex, Snow & Peterson (2012); = Diplachne dubia (Kunth) Benth. – S13; = Disakisperma dubia (Kunth) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow – NY, Peterson et al (2012), orthographic variant; = Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees – ETx1, FNA25, HC, K2, Meso6, Mo1, NcTx, SFla, Tx, WH3; = n/a – C, RAB
Heliophily ?: 9
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