| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Scattered records from across much of the state. Doubtless elsewhere. First collected in Rowan County in 1894. Specimens from Beaufort, Guilford, Jackson, Robeson, and Wake counties are from cultivated plants.
Native to Mexico, brought into cultivation thousands of years ago and brought to the southwestern U.S. (at least). | |
| Abundance | Rarely found as an escape from cultivation, but could turn up anywhere. | |
| Habitat | Roadsides, margins of fallow fields, sandy soil of bottomlands, alluvial woods, loamy sand fields, long-abandoned nursery. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting June-October. | |
| Identification | This major food crop hardly needs any description, especially as hundreds of thousands of acres in NC are planted each year. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | | |
| Other Common Name(s) | Maize | |
| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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