Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum laeve var. circulare
FAMILY
Poaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum laeve
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum laeve
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Paspalum laeve
SYNONYMOUS WITH Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)
Paspalum laeve var. circulare
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-013?:
Paspalum laeve FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum circulare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum circulare
COMMON NAME:
Field Crowngrass, Field Paspalum
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_paci8_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_paci8_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Paspalum laeve var. circulare
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum laeve
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Paspalum laeve
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Paspalum laeve
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)
Paspalum laeve var. circulare
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-74-013?:
Paspalum laeve
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum circulare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum circulare
4391
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: {need additional herbarium work to fully determine range and abundance of varieties}, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (?) (additional herbarium work needed to fully determine range and abundance of varieties)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with short rhizomes
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle of 1-6 racemose branches, terminating in a spike
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
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