Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Annual
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Synonyms:
Cenchrus microcephalus, Cenchrus pauciflorus; Cenchrus carolinianus of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not Walter. This is treated as
Cenchrus spinifex in the Flora of North America and other North American floras, but that is rejected by the Flora of the West Indies (see link below), Axelrod (2011) and others.
