Paspalum conjugatum
Paspalum notatum
herbe creole, Hilo grass, muhsrasre, rehn wei, sour grass, sour paspalum, ti grass
bahia grass
15-80 cm, erect;
nodes glabrous.
20-110 cm, erect;
nodes glabrous.
glabrous, pubescent distally;
ligules 0.5-0.8 mm;
blades 7-23 cm long, 1.5-8 mm wide, flat.
glabrous or pubescent;
ligules 0.2-0.5 mm;
blades 5-31 cm long, 2-10 mm wide, flat or conduplicate, glabrous or pubescent.
terminal, usually composed of a pair of branches, a third branch sometimes present below the terminal pair;
branches 2.5-12.7 cm, diverging to spreading, often arcuate, persistent;
branch axes 0.2-0.8 mm wide, glabrous, margins scabrous, terminating in a reduced spikelet.
terminal, usually composed of a digitate pair of branches, 1-3 additional branches sometimes present below the terminal pair;
branches 3-15 cm, diverging to erect;
branch axes 0.7-1.8 mm wide, narrowly winged, glabrous, margins scabrous, terminating in a spikelet, distal spikelets sometimes reduced.
1.3-1.9 mm long, 0.8-1.1 mm wide, solitary, appressed to the branch axes, ovate, stramineous.
2.5-4 mm long, 2-2.8 mm wide, solitary, appressed to the branch axes, broadly elliptic to ovate or obovate, glabrous, light stramineous to white, apices obtuse to broadly acute.
absent;
upper glumes pilose on the margins, veinless or 2-3-veined;
lower lemmas glabrous, veinless or 2-3-veined;
upper florets whitish to golden yellow.
absent;
upper glumes glabrous, 5-veined;
lower lemmas 5-veined, margins inrolled;
upper florets light yellow to white.
0.9-1.1 mm, white to yellow.
2-3 mm, white.
= 18, 20, 40, 80.
= 20, 30, 40.
Paspalum conjugatum
Paspalum notatum
Paspalum conjugatum is native to tropical and subtropical regions of both the Western and Eastern hemispheres, including the Flora region. It grows in disturbed areas and at the edges of forests, and is sometimes used as a lawn grass.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Paspalum notatum is native from Mexico through the Caribbean and Central America to Brazil and northern Argentina. It was introduced to the United States for forage, turf, and erosion control. It is now established, generally being found in disturbed areas and at the edges of forests in the southeastern United States.
Paspalum notatum is sometimes treated as having distinct varieties. They are not recognized here because the variation among them is continuous. A number of cultivars have been developed for use as turf grasses; among these cultivars are 'Common Bahiagrass', 'Pensacola Bahiagrass', and 'Argentine Bahiagrass'.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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