Ctenium aromaticum
toothache grass
Poaceae (Gramineae)
Plant Specifics
Form:
grass
Size:
Foliage short (about 6 inches) with bloom stalks 3-5 ft tall. Clumps about 3-5 ft wide.
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
green
Fruit Color:
brown
Phenology:
Winter dormant. Flowers summer-fall.
Noted For:
Showy Fruits
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Restoration of savannas. Curiosity in the wildflower garden.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A,9B
Ecology
Wildlife:
Butterflies, Birds
it is the larval host plant of arogos skipper ( Atrytone arogos ) butterflies.
Small birds consume seed.
Native Habitats:
Cutthroat seeps, wet flatwoods, savannas.
