Ctenium aromaticum

Characteristics
Monocots
POACEAE
Ctenium
Ctenium aromaticum (Walter)A.W.Wood
TOOTHACHEGRASS
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This species contains fatty acid amides that can cause numbing (Gamboa-Leon & Chilton 2000).
Native FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
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Classification
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POALES
Ctenium
Ctenium aromaticum (Walter)A.W.Wood - TOOTHACHEGRASS
Citation
CTENIUM AROMATICUM (Walter) A. W. Wood, Class-Book Bot., ed. 1861 806. 1861.
Aegilops aromatica Walter 1788.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Georgetown Co.: 12 mi. N of Georgetown, 23 Jun 1939, Godfrey & Tryon 42 (neotype: GH; isoneotypes: BH, CA, DUKE, F, MO, NY, US). Neotypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1092. 2007.
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Species Distribution Map
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Plant Photos
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