Paspalum vaginatum Sw.
POACEAE
- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Paspalum vaginatum Sw.
Nomencl. ref.: Prodr.: 21 (1788)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Seashore paspalum
English name: biscuit grass English name: saltwater couch
Spanish name: grama de costa
Italian name: Panico costiero
Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Paspalum
Species:
Page counter: 3475 ( AVG: 223.39 / 292.911 )
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Paspalum vaginatum
Seedheads at UH CTAHR Maui Community College Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Paspalum vaginatum
Habit at Popoia, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Paspalum vaginatum
Habit at Popoia, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Paspalum vaginatum
Seedheads at UH CTAHR Maui Community College Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Paspalum vaginatum
Habit at Popoia, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Paspalum vaginatum
Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. Washington, DC. - Non-Copyrighted Image
Paspalum vaginatum
Habit at Popoia, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Paspalum vaginatum
Habit at Popoia, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Paspalum vaginatum
Seedheads in hand at UH CTAHR Maui Community College Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Paspalum vaginatum
Habit at Kapapa, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Paspalum vaginatum
Habit at Kapapa, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Paspalum vaginatum
Voucher 050418 18 at Kapapa, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Paspalum vaginatum
Voucher 050222 29 at Mokuauia, Oahu - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Paspalum vaginatum Sw.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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