4228

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Common in GA, rare in SC

Look for it in shallow water of swamps, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Fall
Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Fall
Grain

 

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Paspalidium geminatum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalidium geminatum +   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-017:
Panicum paludivagum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum paludivagum

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Setaria geminata var. paludivaga