Copyright by: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. (in the public domain)
Family: Poaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Southern United States (peninsular Florida, Texas), the West Indies and Mexico.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Presumed Extirpated or Extinct in the Wild
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
Comments: This species is apparently extirpated in peninsular Florida. See IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015) and IRC's species account from Rare Plants of South Florida below, page 147.
Synonyms: Homalocenchrus monandrus.