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Paspalum
setaceum
Michx.
Published In:
Flora Boreali-Americana (Michaux) 1: 43. 1803. (
Fl. Bor.-Amer.
)
Project Name Data
(Last Modified On 3/3/2017)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Project Data
(Last Modified On 1/8/2018)
GROWTH: Lifespan:
Perennial
Life form:
Herbaceous
Plant habit:
Tufted
Stem consistency:
Firm
Stem height (cm):
30 to 90
Vegetative reproduction:
Rhizomes
Floral and plant sex:
Hermaphroditic/bisexual flowers
Inflorescence position:
Axillary, Terminal
POACEAE Spikelet density:
Contiguous
POACEAE Spikelet length (mm):
1.4 to 2.6
POACEAE Number of spikelets (comprising fertile florets):
1
POACEAE Fruiting spikelets (abscission) [mandatory]:
Falling entire
POACEAE Fruiting Spikelets (secondary abscission):
Without secondary abscission
POACEAE Seed: Caryopsis with (type of pericarp):
Adherent pericarp
ECONOMIC USE: Domestic animal edible:
Fodder, Forage
Details: Economic use:
Used for animal fodder and forage (Moerman 1998).
TOXICITY: Toxicity:
Animal
Details: Toxicity:
There is one report of possible phototoxicity in cattle (Wagstaff, 2008).
References:
Clayton, W. D., M. S. Vorontsova, K. T. Harman & C. S. Williamson. 2002 +. GrassBase - World Grass Species: Descriptions, Identification, and Information Retrieval.
Wagstaff. 2008. Int. Poisonous Pl. Checkl. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Moerman, D. E. 1998. Native American Ethnobotany Timber Press, Portland.
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