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