Paspalidium geminatum
Egyptian panicgrass, Egyptian panicum, Egyptian paspalidium, water paspalidium
25-100 cm, erect.
basal and cauline;
sheaths glabrous, margins scarious, sparsely ciliate distally;
ligules 0.5-1 mm, of hairs;
blades flat to conduplicate, glabrous or scabrous.
10-30 cm;
branches 5-15, 1-3.7 cm, erect, with more than 12 spikelets;
terminal bristles 2.5-4 mm.
2.2-3.2 mm, clearly overlapping.
about 1 mm in diameter, spheroidal, slightly flattened, yellow.
glumes 0.8-1.2 mm, 1-3-veined, truncate;
upper glumes and lower lemmas 2-2.4 mm, glabrous, 5-7-veined, acuminate;
lower paleas 2-2.4 mm, scarious;
upper lemmas and paleas 2-2.3 mm, rugose, stramineous to light brown, lemma margins scarious, inrolled, clasping the paleas, lemma apices acuminate;
anthers 1.2-1.5 mm.
= 18, 54.
Paspalidium geminatum
Paspalidium geminatum grows in moist to wet, fresh to brackish areas. It is native to the southeastern United States, the West Indies, and tropical regions of the Americas.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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