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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Paspalidium geminatum   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalidium geminatum var. paludivagum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Paspalidium geminatum

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

Paspalidium geminatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Paspalidium geminatum var. geminatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Paspalidium geminatum var. paludivagum

INCLUDING Nomenclatural changes in Setaria and Paspalidium (Poaceae: Paniceae) (Webster, 1995)

Setaria geminata var. geminata

INCLUDING Nomenclatural changes in Setaria and Paspalidium (Poaceae: Paniceae) (Webster, 1995)

Setaria geminata var. paludivaga

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-017:

Panicum paludivagum   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Panicum geminatum

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

Panicum paludivagum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum geminatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Panicum paludivagum

 

COMMON NAME:
Alligator Grass, Paspalidium, Kissimmee Grass


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image of Paspalidium geminatum, Alligator Grass, Paspalidium, Kissimmee Grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_page5_001_lvd

        

image of Paspalidium geminatum, Alligator Grass, Paspalidium, Kissimmee Grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_papa30_001_lhd

        

 

 

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalidium geminatum var. paludivagum   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalidium geminatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Paspalidium geminatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Paspalidium geminatum var. geminatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Paspalidium geminatum var. paludivagum

INCLUDING Nomenclatural changes in Setaria and Paspalidium (Poaceae: Paniceae) (Webster, 1995)
Setaria geminata var. geminata

INCLUDING Nomenclatural changes in Setaria and Paspalidium (Poaceae: Paniceae) (Webster, 1995)
Setaria geminata var. paludivaga

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-81-017:
Panicum paludivagum   FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum geminatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum paludivagum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum geminatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Panicum paludivagum

 

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4228

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Deep water of marshes, graminoid-dominated sloughs and swamps (e.g. holes in cypress domes – in sun), and disturbed wet areas including canals, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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