- Pronunciation: pas-PALE-um plea-car-TULE-um
- Common Name: Brownseed Paspalum
- Derivation: Paspalum: from the Greek paspalos (a kind of millet). plicatulum: from the Latin plicatus (folded) and -ulum (tending towards). The sterile Lemma is transversely wrinkled.
- Type: Herb Grass,tufted, rhizomatous Perennial
- Family: Poaceae
- Status: Weed This introduced Plant has escaped into local bushland. Without natural predators to keep it in check, it is out-competing native Species.
- Size: to 1.5 metres tall
- Flowers: Panicles up to 15 cm long with up to 7 racemes.
- Species List: Cooroibah26.4.09, Grass book, Batianoff, jANET, weeds,
Cultural Notes
Native of south eastern USA to Central America
Identification Notes
Nodes Glabrous,sheaths and blades with a few hairs.
Landscaping Notes
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