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Ctenium aromaticus (Walter) A.W. Wood.
Toothache Grass
Scientific Name: Ctenium aromaticus (Walter) A.W. Wood
Common Name: Toothache Grass
Family: Poaceae (Grass Family)
Stems: Upright, up to 4 ft tall
Leaves: 1-5 mm wide and up to 40 cm long, dark green upper surface and a paler green to glaucous underside
Inflorescence: Paired spikelets on one side of a curved axis that measures up to 6 in long
Flowers: Perennial, aromatic, clump-forming grass
Flowering Time: June - August
Habitat: Found in hydric and wet-mesic pine flatwoods, savannas, and bogs
Wetland Indicator: Facultative Wetland
Origin: Native to U.S.
Description from Florida Wetland Plants: An Identification Manual (Tobe et al., 1998).
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