OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum vaginatum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Paspalum vaginatum

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

Paspalum vaginatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-004:

Paspalum vaginatum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Paspalum vaginatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Paspalum vaginatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Sand Knotgrass, Seashore Crowngrass


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image of Paspalum vaginatum, Sand Knotgrass, Seashore Crowngrass

Keith Bradley    kab_p_vaginatum_4524

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

Racemes paired or approximate; at first erect, later spreading or reflexed, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Paspalum vaginatum, Sand Knotgrass, Seashore Crowngrass

Keith Bradley    kab_p_vaginatum_4536

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum vaginatum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-004:
Paspalum vaginatum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum vaginatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4097

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Brackish marshes, rarely inland in disturbed places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas

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

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle of usually 2 racemose branches

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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