Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may be interested in reading an article on Carpetgrass by Texas Cooperative Extension Turfgrass Specialist Richard Duble.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Axonopus fissifolius
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Axonopus fissifolius
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 029-77-001:
Axonopus affinis
FAMILY
Poaceae
(?)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Axonopus affinis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Paspalum fissifolium
COMMON NAME:
Common Carpetgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_axaf_003_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_axfi_001_lvd
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Karen Burnett kwb_dscf09431
November? Pickens County SC
A predominant pasture grass of s. Coastal Plain, sometimes in dense mats, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.