NameThatPlant.net: Paspalum fluitans

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-001:

Paspalum fluitans FAMILY Poaceae

COMMON NAME:
Water Paspalum, Horsetail Crowngrass

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum fluitans FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-001:
Paspalum fluitans FAMILY Poaceae

4098

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Mucky soils in swamp forests, moist riverbanks and bars, sloughs, sometimes forming floating mats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle of 7-70 racemose branches

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

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