NameThatPlant.net: Paspalidium geminatum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Paspalidium geminatum FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Paspalidium geminatum

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Paspalidium geminatum var. geminatum

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

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Paspalidium geminatum FAMILY Poaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Paspalidium geminatum

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Paspalidium geminatum var. geminatum

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

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

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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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Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p680

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