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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Panicum repens   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum repens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Panicum repens

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

Panicum repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Panicum repens

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

Panicum gouinii

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

Panicum repens

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum gouinii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum repens

 

COMMON NAME:
Torpedo Grass


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image of Panicum repens, Torpedo Grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pare3_001_lvd

        

image of Panicum repens, Torpedo Grass

John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org    bug_1391218

Month Unknown        

image of Panicum repens, Torpedo Grass

Steve Hurst, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org    bug_5308043

Month Unknown        

image of Panicum repens, Torpedo Grass

Karen Brown, University of Florida, Bugwood.org    bug_5344029

Month Unknown        

Pointed tips of its extensive rhizomes (reaching 18'+) give this its name, per Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007).

image of Panicum repens, Torpedo Grass

Ann Murray, University of Florida, Bugwood.org    bug_5349042

Month Unknown        

Panicle open, 7-12cm long, its somewhat distant branches stiffly ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Panicum repens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Panicum repens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Panicum repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Panicum repens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Panicum repens

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum gouinii

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum repens

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum gouinii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum repens

 

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1024

Grass, Sedge, or Rush; Terrestrial, wetland or aquatic (rooted)
Perennial

Habitat: Ditches, roadbanks, disturbed coastal sands, in areas where ship's ballast was deposited, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe & Africa

Uncommon in GA, rare northward

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INVASIVE

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

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked (plants lacking a rosette of overwintering basal leaves)

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


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