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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Amaranthaceae
Froelichia floridana (Nutt.) Moq.
common cotton-weed, Florida snake-cotton, plains snake-cotton
Froelichia: for Joseph Froelich, a German botanist
floridana: of Florida
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 2'-5' tall forb; stout and slightly square stems usually unbranched |
| Flower: | white, tiny, 5-parted; inflorescence a 2" woolly, branched spike with flowers in 5-rowed spirals; blooms July-Sept. |
| Leaf: | opposite, larger leaves mostly more than 2 1/2" wide |
| Habitat: | sun; dry; prairies, roadside; in sandy soil |
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