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Blackroot

Pterocaulon pycnostachyum, with the common names dense-spike blackroot, fox-tail blackroot or coastal blackroot, is a flowering plant species native to the U.S. southeast coastal plain in the states of Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. It can be found in pinelands, ditches, depressions, and fields.

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blackroot (Pterocaulon pycnostachyum) observed in Hobe Sound

Blackroot thrives in the fire-maintained flatwoods and sandhills of Florida — spotting it in Hobe...

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Pterocaulon pycnostachyum
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Pterocaulon
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Asterales
Habit: herb