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 Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum floridanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Paspalum floridanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-015:
Paspalum floridanum FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum difforme
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum floridanum var. floridanum
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum floridanum var. glabratum
INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum giganteum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum difforme
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum floridanum var. floridanum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum floridanum var. glabratum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum giganteum
COMMON NAME:
Florida Paspalum, Big Paspalum
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_padi4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_padi4_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pafl4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pafl4_004_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_pafl4_007_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_pagi_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_p_floridanum_71727
June Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Racemes 3-13cm long (longest > 6cm). Spikelets in 4 rows or by abortion 3 or 2, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keith Bradley kab_p_floridanum_71740
June Miami-Dade County FL
Everglades National Park
Spikelets suborbicular or broadly ellipsoid; pedicels 1-2mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm060928_120
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Spikelets 3-4mm long, flat-rounded, white waxy sometimes brown or peeling, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm060928_121
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Terminal racemes with 2-7 ascending branches, w large spikelets in 2 rows, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum floridanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalum floridanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-015:
Paspalum floridanum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum difforme
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum floridanum var. floridanum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum floridanum var. glabratum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum giganteum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum difforme
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum floridanum var. floridanum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum floridanum var. glabratum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum giganteum
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p240
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p620
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