Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum laeve var. circulare
FAMILY
Poaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum laeve
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum laeve
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Paspalum laeve
SYNONYMOUS WITH Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)
Paspalum laeve var. circulare
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-013?:
Paspalum laeve FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum circulare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum circulare
COMMON NAME:
Field Crowngrass, Field Paspalum
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paci8_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paci8_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum laeve var. circulare
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum laeve
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum laeve
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalum laeve
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)
Paspalum laeve var. circulare
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-013?:
Paspalum laeve
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum circulare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum circulare
4391
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: {need additional herbarium work to fully determine range and abundance of varieties}, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (?) (additional herbarium work needed to fully determine range and abundance of varieties)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with short rhizomes
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle of 1-6 racemose branches, terminating in a spike
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
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