NameThatPlant.net: Paspalum praecox

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Paspalum praecox 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.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum praecox FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-014:

Paspalum praecox var. praecox FAMILY Poaceae

COMMON NAME:
Early Crowngrass

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Paspalum praecox FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum praecox FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-014:
Paspalum praecox var. praecox FAMILY Poaceae

4100

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, seepages, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer

Inflorescence a terminal panicle of 3-5 ascending/spreading racemose branches

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

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