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
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^ "Ctenium floridanum (Hitchc.) Hitchc". The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). Retrieved 2023-05-04.
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^ 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.
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^ Campulosus floridanus Hitch. Amer. Journ. Bot. 2:306, 1915
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^ a b "Ctenium floridanum". Georgia Biodiversity. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
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^ Hitchcock, Albert Spear (October 15, 1928). "New species of grasses from the United States". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 41: 162.
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^ "Ctenium floridanum". USDA Plants Database. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
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^ "Florida Orangegrass (Ctenium floridanum)". iNaturalist Canada. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
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^ "Ctenium floridanum". Plant database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
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^ "Tropicos | Name - Ctenium floridanum (Hitchc.) Hitchc". legacy.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
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^ "Southern Prickly Ash". Eat The Weeds. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
