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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Axonopus fissifolius   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Axonopus fissifolius   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Axonopus fissifolius

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-77-001:

Axonopus affinis   FAMILY Poaceae

(?) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Axonopus affinis

(?) -

Paspalum fissifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Carpetgrass


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image of Axonopus fissifolius, Common Carpetgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_axaf_003_lhd

        

image of Axonopus fissifolius, Common Carpetgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_axfi_001_lvd

        

image of Axonopus fissifolius, Common Carpetgrass

Karen Burnett    kwb_dscf09431

November?    Pickens County    SC

A predominant pasture grass of s. Coastal Plain, sometimes in dense mats, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Axonopus fissifolius   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Axonopus fissifolius

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-77-001:
Axonopus affinis   FAMILY Poaceae

(?) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Axonopus affinis

(?) -
Paspalum fissifolium

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3417

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: pine flatwoods, sandy forests, fields, roadsides, lawns, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Piedmont of GA & NC, rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescence of 1-sided, spikelike primary branches

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain yellowish/Grayish
Grain

 

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