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Ctenium floridanum
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.
As the common name suggests, Florida toothache grass has been used as a folk remedy to treat toothaches.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ctenium floridanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
