Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Culms densely tufted, 8–15 dm, hairy at the top; lf-blades smooth, 1–3 mm wide; spike usually curved, 5–12 dm; first glume (on the inner side of the spike!) 1.5–2.5 mm; second glume 4–7 mm, pubescent, the veins glandular below the middle, the awn 4–6 mm; lemmas conspicuously ciliate, especially at the middle, 4–6 mm, the fertile one and the two lower sterile ones with awns 2–6 mm, the upper sterile lemma single and awnless. Wet pine-barrens; se. Va. to Fla. and La. (Campulosus a.)
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Common Names
toothache-grass