OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum praecox   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Paspalum praecox

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Paspalum praecox

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Paspalum praecox

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-014:

Paspalum praecox var. praecox   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Paspalum praecox

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

Paspalum praecox

 

COMMON NAME:
Early Crowngrass


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image of Paspalum praecox, Early Crowngrass

Keith Bradley    kab_p_praecox_76877

May    Palm Beach County    FL

Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Area

Racemes terminal, longest usually < 6cm. Spikelets flattened, yellowish-green, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum praecox   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum praecox

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalum praecox

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Paspalum praecox

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-014:
Paspalum praecox var. praecox   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4100

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a terminal panicle of 3-5 ascending/spreading racemose branches

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

 

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