Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum fluitans
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Paspalum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum fluitans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum repens var. fluitans
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Paspalum repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Paspalum fluitans
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-001:
Paspalum fluitans FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum fluitans
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum repens
COMMON NAME:
Water Paspalum, Horsetail Crowngrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pafl5_002_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pafl5_004_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_paspalum_repens_78285
June Collier County FL
Mistletoe Swamp
Panicle branches extend beyond outermost spikelets & disarticulate at maturity, per Weakley's Flora.
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
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum repens var. fluitans
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalum repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Paspalum fluitans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-001:
Paspalum fluitans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum fluitans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum repens
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)
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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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