Triplasis americana Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Southern Sandgrass. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, beach dunes, open sandy areas Distribution: NC south to s. FL, west to e. LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, HC, K4, RAB, S, S13, WH3. Basionym: Triplasis americana P.Beauv. 1812
Links to other floras: = Triplasis americana - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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