Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Paspalum praecox
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Paspalum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum praecox
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum praecox
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Paspalum praecox
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Paspalum praecox
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-014:
Paspalum praecox var. praecox FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum praecox
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum praecox
COMMON NAME:
Early Crowngrass
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Keith Bradley kab_p_praecox_76877
May Palm Beach County FL
Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area
Racemes terminal, longest usually < 6cm. Spikelets flattened, yellowish-green, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Paspalum praecox
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum praecox
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum praecox
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalum praecox
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Paspalum praecox
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-014:
Paspalum praecox var. praecox
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum praecox
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum praecox
4100
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, seepages, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inflorescence a terminal panicle of 3-5 ascending/spreading racemose branches
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
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