OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum floridanum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Paspalum floridanum

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

Paspalum floridanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-015:

Paspalum floridanum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Paspalum difforme

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

Paspalum floridanum var. floridanum

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

Paspalum floridanum var. glabratum

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

Paspalum giganteum

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

Paspalum difforme

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

Paspalum floridanum var. floridanum

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

Paspalum floridanum var. glabratum

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

Paspalum giganteum

 

COMMON NAME:
Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum


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image of Paspalum floridanum, Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_padi4_001_lvd

        

image of Paspalum floridanum, Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_padi4_002_lvd

        

image of Paspalum floridanum, Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pafl4_001_lvd

        

image of Paspalum floridanum, Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pafl4_004_lvd

        

image of Paspalum floridanum, Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_pafl4_007_lvd

        

image of Paspalum floridanum, Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pagi_001_lvd

        

image of Paspalum floridanum, Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum

Keith Bradley    kab_p_floridanum_71727

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

Racemes 3-13cm long (longest > 6cm). Spikelets in 4 rows or by abortion 3 or 2, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Paspalum floridanum, Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum

Keith Bradley    kab_p_floridanum_71740

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Everglades National Park

Spikelets suborbicular or broadly ellipsoid; pedicels 1-2mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Paspalum floridanum, Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum

JK Marlow    jkm060928_120

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Spikelets 3-4mm long, flat-rounded, white waxy sometimes brown or peeling, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Paspalum floridanum, Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum

JK Marlow    jkm060928_121

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Terminal racemes with 2-7 ascending branches, w large spikelets in 2 rows, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum floridanum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-015:
Paspalum floridanum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum floridanum var. floridanum

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum floridanum var. glabratum

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

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

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum floridanum var. floridanum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum floridanum var. glabratum

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1032

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine savannas, hammock edges, moist forests, ditches, barrens, prairies, fields, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in NC Mountains)

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

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes stout

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle of 2-7 ascending racemose branches

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain red
Grain

 

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