Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Paspalum vaginatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum vaginatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-004:
Paspalum vaginatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum vaginatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum vaginatum
COMMON NAME:
Sand Knotgrass, Seashore Crowngrass
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Keith Bradley kab_p_vaginatum_4524
September Miami-Dade County FL
Racemes paired or approximate; at first erect, later spreading or reflexed, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_p_vaginatum_4536
September Miami-Dade County FL
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Paspalum vaginatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum vaginatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-004:
Paspalum vaginatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum vaginatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum vaginatum
4097
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Brackish marshes, rarely inland in disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer
Inflorescence a panicle of usually 2 racemose branches
FRUIT:
Summer
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