Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum conjugatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum conjugatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum conjugatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Paspalum conjugatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum conjugatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum conjugatum
COMMON NAME:
Sour Paspalum
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Keith Bradley kab_p_conjugatum_72450
February Miami-Dade County FL
Spikelets solitary, ovate, light yellow, conspicuously ciliate-fringed, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum conjugatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum conjugatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum conjugatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalum conjugatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum conjugatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum conjugatum
4103
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, forest edges, per Weakley's Flora
Native south and west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle of usually 2 racemose branches, rarely a 3rd below
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
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