Field Paspalum
Field Paspalum
Paspalum laeve Michx.
Poaceae (Grass Family)
▲ ▼ mature plants
▲ ▼ stem base detail, showing long hairs at base of leaf blades
▲ ▼ inflorescences
▲ ▼ inflorescences
▲ back side of inflorescence rachis
▲ ▼ ligule and collar regions of leaf
Field Paspalum:
- a close relative dallisgrass, is also sometimes seen in turf
- has two-rows of seeds per panicle branch instead of four and florets are more circular
- has more upright foliage & inflorescence growth, and more hairs on leaf