Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ctenium aromaticum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Ctenium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ctenium aromaticum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ctenium aromaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-51-001:
Ctenium aromaticum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Ctenium aromaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campulosus aromaticus
COMMON NAME:
Toothache Grass, Orange Grass, Wild Ginger
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caar31_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ctar_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060423_074
April Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
A recurved 1-sided spike bearing spikelets in 2 rows, with conspicuous awns, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm060423_116
April SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Keith Bradley kab_c_aromaticum_79748
September Highlands County FL
Kissimmee Prairie State Park
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Sharleen Johnson shj_858604585486251
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ctenium aromaticum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ctenium aromaticum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ctenium aromaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-51-001:
Ctenium aromaticum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Ctenium aromaticum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Campulosus aromaticus
1955
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Wet savannas, pocosin-savanna ecotones, seepage bogs, sandhill-pocosin ecotones, sandhill seeps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Spikelets tan to light brown
Inflorescence a spike
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain red
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p237
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p265
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p516
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p109
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p182
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p412
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p216