NameThatPlant.net: Paspalum floridanum

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Paspalum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum floridanum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-015:

Paspalum floridanum FAMILY Poaceae

COMMON NAME:
Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum floridanum FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-015:
Paspalum floridanum FAMILY Poaceae

1032

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine savannas, hammock edges, moist forests, ditches, barrens, prairies, fields, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in NC Mountains)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes stout

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle of 2-7 ascending racemose branches

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain red
Grain

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