Dallisgrass

Dallisgrass

Paspalum dilatatum Poir.

Poaceae (Grass Family)

▲ mature plant

▲ ▼ mature plant with inflorescences

▲ ▼ prostrate stem growth with wide leaves, often with reddish-purple color, especially in full sun

▲ emerging inflorescence

▲ ▼ inflorescences

▲ ▼ flower details

▲ ligule and ▼ collar region of leaf

Dallisgrass/Paspalum spp:

warm-season, simple perennial clumping grass with spreading growth habit (not a creeping perennial)
looks very similar to crabgrass, but leaf blades slightly wider, stem bases and leaf sheaths have red or purplish coloring in late season
ligule is membranous
inflorescence different from crabgrass; 3-5 branched "stair-step" panicle; individual florets/seeds look like half-spheres--has 4 rows of seeds/flowers per panicle branch