Day: February 13, 2024

#866 They called me Sporobolus pyramidatus, also known as Vilfa richardii. I pay homage to the male botanist Louis Claude Richard, or Achille Richard. They first catalogued me in 1936.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Colorado, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Jamaica, Kansas, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, Nebraska, Netherlands Antilles, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, and Windward Is..