''Froelichia floridana'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''
Froelichia
''Froelichia'', or snakecotton, is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae.
Species include:
* '' Froelichia arizonica''
* '' Froelichia chacoensis''
* '' Froelichia drummondii''
* '' Froelichia floridana''
* '' Froelichia gracilis''
* '' ...
'', in the
amaranth
''Amaranthus'' is a cosmopolitan genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants collectively known as amaranths. Some amaranth species are cultivated as leaf vegetables, pseudocereals, and ornamental plants. Catkin-like cymes of densely pack ...
family (
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus ''Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, making it ...
).
[ It is known as prairie cottonweed, Florida snakecotton, large cottonweed, field snakecotton, or plains snakecotton. An annual, it produces white woolly flowers on tall flowering stalks, growing up to in height. The narrowly oblanceolate to elliptic leaves are opposite, occurring on the lower third of the stem. It grows in central and eastern North America, from the Great Plains to Mexico, east to the Atlantic Coast. Its propensity to spread easily has resulted in it being considered an agricultural weed and it is an invasive species in Australia.][
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References
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floridana
Flora of North America