NameThatPlant.net: Paspalum laeve var. circulare

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

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

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Learn more about Field Crowngrass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum laeve FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-013?:

Paspalum laeve FAMILY Poaceae

COMMON NAME:
Field Crowngrass, Field Paspalum

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum laeve FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-013?:
Paspalum laeve FAMILY Poaceae

4391

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: {need additional herbarium work to fully determine range and abundance of varieties}, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (?) (additional herbarium work needed to fully determine range and abundance of varieties)

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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

Inflorescence a panicle of 1-6 racemose branches, terminating in a spike

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

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