Paspalum conjugatum P.J. Bergius

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Paspalum conjugatum P.J. Bergius

  • Description

    Species Description - Smooth and glabrous. Culms compressed, 2-9 dm. tall, finally decumbent at the base and rooting at the lower nodes; leaves 4-16 cm. long, 4-12 mm. wide; racemes in pairs, slender, often curved, spreading or ascending, 5-12 cm. long, the rachis straight, or flexuous toward the apex, 0.60.8 mm. broad; spikelets crowded, much compressed dorsally, singly disposed, 1.5 mm. long, 1-1.2 mm. broad, apiculate, the 2 outer scales 2-nerved, the nerves marginal, the first scale ciliate on the margins with very long lax hairs, the third scale smooth, white.

  • Distribution

    Grassy places along roads, apparently introduced, New Providence: Bermuda; Southern United States: Cuba to St. Thomas and Barbadoes: Jamaica; continental tropical America ; Old World tropics. Two-spiked Paspalum.

    Bermuda South America| Cuba South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Barbados South America| Jamaica South America|