Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Paspalum fluitans
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 fluitans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-001:
Paspalum fluitans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum fluitans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum repens
COMMON NAME:
Water Paspalum, Horsetail Crowngrass
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Keith Bradley kab_paspalum_repens_78285
June Collier County FL
Mistletoe Swamp
Panicle branches extend beyond outermost spikelets & disarticulate at maturity, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Paspalum fluitans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum fluitans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-001:
Paspalum fluitans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum fluitans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum repens
4098
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Mountains, rare in NC)
Look for it in mucky soils in swamp forests, moist riverbanks, 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
FLOWER:
Fall
Inflorescence a panicle of 7-70 racemose branches
FRUIT:
Fall
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