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Paspalum vaginatum Sw.
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"Annual herbs; culms to 60 cm, sparsely branched, 3.5 mm wide. Leaf-sheaths 3-4.5 cm; ligule membranous, 0.2 mm; blades oblong, 2-15 x 0.4-0.7 cm, flat or inrolled. Racemes 2 or 3, ca. 4.5-6 cm long, to 5 mm wide. Spikelets 2-or 3-ranked, ca. 40 per raceme, oblong, 3.5-4 mm. upper glume ovate-lanceolate, to 3 mm, 3-nerevd, glabrescent, acute; lower lemma 5-7-nerved; upper lemma to 2.2 mm, indurated, 3-nerved, ciliate. Anthers to 2 mm. Ovary fusiform, to 1 mm."
It is propagated asexually using stolons and rhizomes. Since seeds are seldom available, seashore paspalum is available in sprigs, plugs and sod.
For optimum results, plant 3 bushels of sprigs per 1000 square feet during late spring or summer. It prefers a pH above 6.0 and should be mowed after the first 60-90 days after planting.
Digitaria vaginata (Swartz) Magnier ex Debeaux; Paspalum distichum subsp. vaginatum (Swartz) Maire; Paspalum distichum var. vaginatum (Swartz) Grisebach; Sanguinaria vaginata (Swartz) Bubani.
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Flowering and fruiting: April-August
Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
Isotype for Digitaria foliosa Lag.
Catalog Number: US 865817
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Status verified from secondary sources
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): B. M. Boldo
Locality: Havana., Cuba, West Indies
- Isotype: Lagasca y Segura, M. 1816. Gen. Sp. Pl. 4.
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General: Grass Family (Poaceae). Seashore paspalum is a native, warm season, creeping perennial. Culms are erect, smooth at the nodes and range in heights of 1-7.9 dm. Sheaths are glabrous, overlapping and scantily pubescent apically. Blades range in lengths of 2.5–15 cm and in widths of 3 –8 mm, which may be flat or folded inward length wise. Blades are mostly glabrous having a sparse amount of long hairs located on the top surface close to the base. Ligules are 1-2 mm in length. Racemes are usually in numbers of 2-3 and range in lengths of 1.1-7.9 cm. They are erect and spreading at maturity. Axes are winged, smooth, 1-2 mm wide and have scabrous margins. Spikelets are solitary, glabrous, elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, faint-stramineous in color, 3-4.5 mm long and 1.1-2 mm wide. First glume seldom developed, usually absent. The second glume and sterile lemma are 3-nerved with the nerves suppressed. The fertile floret is comose and white in color. The caryopsis is yellow and is approximately 3 mm long.
Isotype for Paspalum jaguaense León
Catalog Number: US 1867342
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): Bro. León
Year Collected: 1932
Locality: Creek at Castillo de Jagua, Bay of Cienfuegos., Greater Antilles, Las Villas, Cuba, West Indies
- Isotype: León, Bro. 1946. Fl. Cuba. 1: 139.
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