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Paspalum vaginatum

Paspalum vaginatum Sw.  
Family: Poaceae
Seashore Crown Grass, more...Seashore Paspalum
[Digitaria foliosa Lag., moreDigitaria tristachya (J. Le Conte) Schult., Digitaria vaginata , Panicum littorale , Paspalum brachiatum Trin. ex Nees, Paspalum didactylum Salzm. ex Steud., Paspalum distichum subsp. vaginatum (Sw.) Maire, Paspalum distichum var. littorale (R. Br.) F.M. Bailey, Paspalum distichum var. nanum (Döll) Stapf, Paspalum distichum var. tristachyum (J. Le Conte) Alph. Wood, Paspalum distichum var. vaginatum (Sw.) Griseb., Paspalum foliosum (Lag.) Kunth, Paspalum gayanum Desv., Paspalum gayanus Desv., Paspalum inflatum A. Rich., Paspalum jaguaense León, Paspalum kleinianum J. Presl, Paspalum littorale R. Br., Paspalum reimarioides Chapm., Paspalum reptans Poir. ex Döll, Paspalum squamatum , Paspalum vaginatum subsp. nanum (Döll) Loxton, Paspalum vaginatum var. littorale (R. Br.) Trin. ex Büse, Paspalum vaginatum var. nanum Döll, Paspalum vaginatum var. reimarioides (Chapm.) Chapm., Rottboellia uniflora Cunningham, Sanguinaria vaginata (Sw.) Bubani]
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Charles M. Allen, David W. Hall. Flora of North America

Plants perennial; rhizomatous and/or stoloniferous. Culms 10-79 cm, erect; nodes glabrous. Sheaths glabrous, sparsely long pubescent distally; ligules 1-2 mm; blades 10-19 cm long, 1.4-8 mm wide, flat or conduplicate, glabrous or pubescent, apices involute. Panicles terminal, usually composed of a digitate pair of branches, a third branch sometimes present below; branches 1.1-7.9 cm, diverging to erect; branch axes 0.4-1.4 mm wide, winged, glabrous, margins scabrous, terminating in a spikelet. Spikelets 3-4.5 mm long, 1.1-2 mm wide, solitary, appressed to the branch axes, elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, light stramineous, apices acute to acuminate. Lower glumes absent (rarely present); upper glumes and lower lemmas glabrous, 3-veined; upper florets white. Caryopses 2.8-3.1 mm, yellow. 2n = 20, 40, 60.

Paspalum vaginatum grows in brackish and salt marshes. It is native to warm, coastal regions around the world, including the Americas. It has been grown for turf and in lawn trials, but is not yet widely used for these purposes.

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