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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum setaceum var. muhlenbergii   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 (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)

Paspalum setaceum var. muehlenbergii

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

Paspalum setaceum var. muhlenbergii

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. muhlenbergii

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

Paspalum pubescens

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

Paspalum pubescens

 

COMMON NAME:
thin paspalum


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image of Paspalum setaceum var. muhlenbergii, thin paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pamu8_001_lvd

        

image of Paspalum setaceum var. muhlenbergii, thin paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_papu8_001_lvd

        

image of Paspalum setaceum var. muhlenbergii, thin paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_papu8_002_lvd

        

image of Paspalum setaceum var. muhlenbergii, thin paspalum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_papu8_002_lvd

        

image of Paspalum setaceum var. muhlenbergii, thin paspalum

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

        

image of Paspalum setaceum var. muhlenbergii, 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. muhlenbergii   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 (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Paspalum setaceum var. muehlenbergii

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

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. muhlenbergii

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4736

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry or moist soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

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

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

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Panicles both terminal and axillary

FRUIT:
Grain yellowish
Grain

 

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