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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Panicum repens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum repens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum repens
COMMON NAME:
Torpedo Grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pare3_001_lvd
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John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org bug_1391218
Month Unknown
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Steve Hurst, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org bug_5308043
Month Unknown
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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.
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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.