Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Paspalum floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Paspalum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-015:
Paspalum floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum floridanum +
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum giganteum
COMMON NAME:
Florida Paspalum
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Keith Bradley kab_p_floridanum_71727
June Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Racemes 3-13cm long (longest > 6cm). Spikelets in 4 rows or by abortion 3 or 2, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Keith Bradley kab_p_floridanum_71740
June Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Spikelets suborbicular or broadly ellipsoid; pedicels 1-2mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060928_120
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Spikelets 3-4mm long, flat-rounded, white waxy sometimes brown or peeling, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm060928_121
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Terminal racemes with 2-7 ascending branches, w large spikelets in 2 rows, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Paspalum floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-015:
Paspalum floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum floridanum +
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum giganteum
1032
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Mountains, rare in NC Mountains)
Look for it in wet forests, pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes stout
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle of 2-7 ascending racemose branches
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain red
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p240
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p620