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Ctenium floridanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Genus:	Ctenium
Species:	C. floridanum
Binomial name
Ctenium floridanum (Hitchc.) Hitchc.

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.

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

Uses

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

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. ^ "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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