Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood

  • 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.)

  • Common Names

    toothache-grass