Coleataenia abscissa (syn. Panicum abscissum) is a species of grass known by the common name cutthroat grass. It is endemic to Florida in the United States. It is limited to five counties in the central Florida peninsula.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cutthroatgrass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sporobolus floridanus
- Aristida beyrichiana
- Aristida stricta
- Sporobolus bakeri
- Sporobolus spartinae
- Schizachyrium rhizomatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Coleataenia
- Species
- Coleataenia abscissa
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