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Axonopus compressus

Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P.Beauv.  
Family: Poaceae
Broad-Leaf Carpet Grass, more...Broadleaf Carpetgrass
[Agrostis compressa, moreAnastrophus compressus Schlecht., Anastrophus platycaulis (Poir.) Nash ex Small, Anastrophus platycaulmis Schltdl. ex B.D. Jacks., Axonopus amplifolius Chase ex C.E. Hubb., Axonopus brevipedunculatus (Gledhill) Gledhill, Axonopus compressus subsp. brevipedunculatus Gledhill, Axonopus compressus var. australis G.A.Black, Axonopus compressus var. compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv., Axonopus compressus var. macropodius (Steud.) G.A. Black, Axonopus kisantuensis Vanderyst, Axonopus multipes Swallen, Digitaria platicaulis (Poir.) Desv., Digitaria uniflora Salzm. ex Steud., Echinochloa compressa (Sw.) Roberty, Milium compressum Poir., Panicum platycaulon (Poir.) Kuntze, Paspalum compressum (Sw.) Nees, Paspalum conjugatum var. subcordatum Griseb., Paspalum depressum Steud., Paspalum filostachyum A. Rich. ex Steud., Paspalum furcatum var. fissum Döll, Paspalum furcatum var. parviflorum Döll, Paspalum guadaloupense Steud., Paspalum kisantuense Vanderyst, Paspalum laticulmum Spreng., Paspalum longissimum var. guadalupense Steud. ex Griseb., Paspalum macropodium Steud., Paspalum platycaule Willd. ex Steud., Paspalum platycaulon Poir., Paspalum platyculmus Thouars ex Nees, Paspalum raunkiaerii Mez, Paspalum tristachyon Lam., Paspalum uniflorum Salzm. ex Steud.]
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Mary E. Barkworth. Flora of North America

Plants stoloniferous, rarely rhizomatous, rhizomes, when present, 3-5 cm. Culms 7-80 cm; nodes glabrous or pubescent. Sheaths keeled, strongly compressed, pubescent; ligules 0.3-0.5 mm; blades 3-20 mm wide, glabrous or sparsely pilose, midveins often white and prominent, apices frequently ciliate or pubescent. Panicles terminal and axillary, 4-10 cm overall, rachises to 3.5 cm, with 2-5 branches; branches 1-13 cm. Spikelets 2-3.5 mm, ovoid, ellipsoid, or lanceoloid, acuminate. Upper glumes and lower lemmas extending beyond the upper florets, 2-5-veined, marginal veins pilose, apices acute to acuminate; upper lemmas and paleas 1.5-1.8 mm, broadly ellipsoid. Caryopses 1.2-1.5 mm, gray. 2n = 40, 60, 80.

Axonopus compressus is native from the southeastern United States to Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay, and has become established in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is used as a lawn and forage grass but is also weedy, readily growing in moist, disturbed habitats.

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