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Heteropogon
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Heteropogon

Heteropogon is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family known generally as tangleheads, widespread primarily in tropical and subtropical regions.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

tanglehead

speciesHeteropogon contortus

Giant Speargrass

speciesHeteropogon triticeus

Sweet Tanglehead

speciesHeteropogon melanocarpus

Heteropogon ritchiei

speciesHeteropogon ritchiei

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72175.