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Crowngrass

Paspalum

Also called Finger Grasses

Crowngrass
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial

About

Paspalum is a genus of plants in the grass family.

The group is widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Americas. Commonly known as paspalum, bahiagrasses, crowngrasses or dallis grasses, many of the species are tall perennial New World grasses. They are warm-season C4 grasses and are most diverse in subtropical and tropical regions.

Other Paspalum plants

Paspalum azuayense · Paspalum batianoffii · Pitchfork crowngrass · Blodgett's crowngrass · Paspalum canarae · Paspalum ceresia · Hilograss · Dallisgrass · Knotgrass · Florida paspalum · Field paspalum · Bahiagrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paspalum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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