NameThatPlant.net: Paspalum scrobiculatum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum scrobiculatum FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum scrobiculatum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Paspalum scrobiculatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Paspalum scrobiculatum

COMMON NAME:
Ricegrass Paspalum, Indian Paspalum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum scrobiculatum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum scrobiculatum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalum scrobiculatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum scrobiculatum

4152

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: India

Waif(s)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate, 2-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Summer
Upper florets olive to dark brown

Inflorescence an open panicle of 4-6 persistant, racemose branches

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

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