Paspalum setaceum var. stramineum

(Nash) D.J. Banks
Common names: Yellow sand paspalum
Synonyms: Paspalum stramineum Paspalum ciliatifolium var. stramineum Paspalum bushii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 592.
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Plants erect to spreading. Leaves mostly cauline; blades to 30 cm long, 3.3-13.5 mm wide, lax to somewhat stiff, glabrous or with a few hairs along the midrib, sometimes pubescent, yellow-green to dark green, margins scabrous, ciliate. Panicle branches 4-12 cm; branch axes 0.6-1.1 mm wide. Spikelets 1.7-2.4 mm long, 1.5-2.1 mm wide, obovate to suborbicular, pubescent or occasionally glabrous; lower lemmas without an evident midvein; upper florets 1.7-2.1 mm.

Discussion

Paspalum setaceum var. stramineum grows at the edges of forests and in disturbed areas with sandy soil. Its range extends from the central plains and eastern United States to Mexico, Bermuda, and the West Indies.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

rounded +
anatomy +  and kranz +
Charles M. Allen +  and David W. Hall +
(Nash) D.J. Banks +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
disarticulating +  and pseudopetiolate +
yellow-green +  and dark green +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
pubescent +, with a few hairs +  and glabrous +
usually linear +  and lanceolate occasionally ovate +
0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br /> (1.35 cm13.5 mm <br />0.0135 m <br />) +
17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br /> (?) +
0.6mm +  and 1.1mm +
ascending;spreading +
spikelike +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
not developed +
ringlike +
elliptic +  and suborbicular +
sometimes longer +
Yellow sand paspalum +
branched +  and solid +
prostrate +, spreading +  and erect +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (110 cm1,100 mm <br />1.1 m <br />) +
Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Va. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Wis. +, W.Va. +, Ont. +, Fla. +, N.H. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, La. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Pa. +, Mass. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Puerto Rico +, Colo. +, Md. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Ariz. +, Kans. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, Ohio +, Mo. +, Minn. +, Mich. +, Mont. +, Miss. +, Ky. +  and S.Dak. +
capillary +
germination +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
unequal +
membranous +
uncinate +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
solid +  and hollow +
coriaceous +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 1 +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
subterranean +
spreading +  and erect +
dry +  and fleshy +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
subsessile +  and shortly pedicellate +
imbricate +  and paired +
brown +  and stramineous +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
1 +  and 60 +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
obovate +  and suborbicular +
1.5mm +  and 2.1mm +
1 +  and 3 +
fused +  and free +
2 +  and 3 +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Paspalum stramineum +, Paspalum ciliatifolium var. stramineum +  and Paspalum bushii +
Paspalum setaceum var. stramineum +
Paspalum setaceum +
variety +
membranous +
stipitate +  and sessile +
rounded +  and acute +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
stramineous +  and dark-brown +
smooth +  and slightly rugose +
glandular-pubescent +  and glabrous +
smooth +  and slightly rugose +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
erect +  and spreading +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +