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Heteropogon melanocarpus
Sweet tanglehead is a coarse annual grass, 0.8 to 2 m tall, found across tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. It thrives in sandy, disturbed ground such as roadsides and is tolerant of repeated fire.
Heteropogon melanocarpus, commonly known as sweet tanglehead or buzzard grass, is an annual graminoid in the family Poaceae found throughout the tropics and subtropics globally.
In the United States, H. melanocarpus is found from North Carolina south to Florida and west to Arizona. It thought to be naturalized from the Old World, and is widespread in the Old World and New World tropics and subtropics. It grows along sandy roadsides and in disturbed areas. It is known to persist through repeated disturbance from prescribed fire.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
