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|accepted_name=Paspalum vaginatum
|accepted_authority=Sw.
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|common_names=Seashore paspalum
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Paspalum;Paspalum vaginatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Paspalum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Paspalum vaginatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; rhizomatous and/or stoloniferous. <b>Culms</b> 10-79 cm, erect; nodes glabrous. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous, sparsely long pubescent distally; ligules 1-2 mm; blades 10-19 cm long, 1.4-8 mm wide, flat or conduplicate, glabrous or pubescent, apices involute. <b>Panicles</b> terminal, usually composed of a digitate pair of branches, a third branch sometimes present below; branches 1.1-7.9 cm, diverging to erect; branch axes 0.4-1.4 mm wide, winged, glabrous, margins scabrous, terminating in a spikelet. <b>Spikelets</b> 3-4.5 mm long, 1.1-2 mm wide, solitary, appressed to the branch axes, elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, light stramineous, apices acute to acuminate. <b>Lower</b> glumes absent (rarely present); upper glumes and lower lemmas glabrous, 3-veined; upper florets white. <b>Caryopses</b> 2.8-3.1 mm, yellow. <b>2n</b> = 20, 40, 60.</span><!--

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|distribution=Puerto Rico;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;N.C.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ga.;S.C.;Ala.;Fla.
|discussion=<p><i>Paspalum vaginatum</i> grows in brackish and salt marshes. It is native to warm, coastal regions around the world, including the Americas. It has been grown for turf and in lawn trials, but is not yet widely used for these purposes.</p>
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name=Paspalum vaginatum
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|authority=Sw.
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Puerto Rico;Miss.;Tex.;La.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;N.C.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Ga.;S.C.;Ala.;Fla.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Paspalum
|species=Paspalum vaginatum
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