Ctenium floridanum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Ctenium
Species:
C. floridanum
Binomial name
Ctenium floridanum

Ctenium floridanum (common name: Florida orangegrass or Florida toothache grass) is a species of plant in the grass family found in the Southeastern United States.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

In the U.S. state of in Georgia, it is found in moist pine barrens.[4]

Uses

As the common name suggests, Florida toothache grass has been used as a folk remedy to treat toothaches.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Ctenium floridanum (Hitchc.) Hitchc". The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  2. ↑ Peterson, P. M. 2001. Ctenium. 41: 57–58. In P. M. Peterson, R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, T. S. Filgueiras, F. O. Zuloaga & E. J. Judziewicz (eds.) Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): II. Subfamily Chloridoideae, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  3. ↑ Campulosus floridanus Hitch. Amer. Journ. Bot. 2:306, 1915
  4. 1 2 "Ctenium floridanum". Georgia Biodiversity. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  5. ↑ Hitchcock, Albert Spear (October 15, 1928). "New species of grasses from the United States". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 41: 162.
  6. ↑ "Ctenium floridanum". USDA Plants Database. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  7. ↑ "Florida Orangegrass (Ctenium floridanum)". iNaturalist Canada. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  8. ↑ "Ctenium floridanum". Plant database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  9. ↑ "Tropicos | Name - Ctenium floridanum (Hitchc.) Hitchc". legacy.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  10. ↑ "Southern Prickly Ash". Eat The Weeds. Retrieved 2023-05-24.


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