Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Panicum repens
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Torpedo Grass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum repens
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum gouinii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum repens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum gouinii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum repens
COMMON NAME:
Torpedo Grass
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Karen Brown, University of Florida, Bugwood.org bug_5344029
Month Unknown
Pointed tips of its extensive rhizomes (reaching 18'+) give this its name, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control.
Ann Murray, University of Florida, Bugwood.org bug_5349042
Month Unknown
Panicle open, 7-12cm long, its somewhat distant branches stiffly ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Panicum repens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum repens
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum gouinii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum repens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum gouinii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum repens