OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum setaceum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Paspalum setaceum

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

Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)

Paspalum ciliatifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-012:

Paspalum setaceum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Paspalum ciliatifolium var. ciliatifolium

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

Paspalum ciliatifolium

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

Paspalum propinquum

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

Paspalum ciliatifolium

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

Paspalum propinquum

 

COMMON NAME:
Fringeleaf Paspalum, thin paspalum


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image of Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium, Fringeleaf Paspalum, thin paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_paci6_001_lvd

        

image of Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium, Fringeleaf Paspalum, thin paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_paci6_002_lvd

        

image of Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium, Fringeleaf Paspalum, thin paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_papr8_001_lvd

        

image of Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium, Fringeleaf Paspalum, thin paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pase5_001_lvd

        

image of Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium, Fringeleaf Paspalum, thin paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_pase5_002_pvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum setaceum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalum setaceum var. ciliatifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Paspalum ciliatifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-012:
Paspalum setaceum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Paspalum ciliatifolium var. ciliatifolium

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

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4735

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry open areas and woodlands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont)

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

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with short rhizomes

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

Panicles both terminal and axillary

FRUIT:
Grain yellowish
Grain

 

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