Paspalum floridanum var. floridanum Engelm. Florida Paspalum Paspalum floridanum var. glabratrum Engelm. Smooth Florida Paspalum Habit: Perennial, solitary or few from short, stout scaly rhizomes. Culms: Flattened, 1-2 m. tall, leafy throughout, sometimes branched. Blades: Firm, mostly flat, 30-70 cm. long, 5-15 mm. wide, glabratum - glabrous below, glabrous or sparingly-hirsute at the base above, margins rough, floridanum - blades pilose, especially above. Sheaths: About as long as the internodes, flattened, glabrous or the basal ones sometimes hirsute. Ligule: Membranous, truncate, about 2 mm. long. Inflorescence: Usually exserted, of spreading racemes, thick, usually 2-4 (1-6), commonly 7-10 (4-15) cm. long, rachis about 1.5 mm. wide, zigzag. Spikelets: 1-flowered, crowded, oval, planoconvex, pale, 3.5-5 mm. long, about 3 mm. wide, glabrous, single or mostly in pairs in two rows on one side of a flattened rachis. Glumes: First glume wanting, second and sterile lemma, 5-nerved, about equal, slightly longer than the fruit obtuse, slightly inflated and wrinkled. Lemmas: Fertile lemma and palea chartaceous-indurated, with its back turned towards the rachis, margins of the lemma inrolled. Fruit: About 3.2-3.5 mm. long, about 2.6 mm. wide, oval, light brown, minutely papillose-striate. Habitat: Low ground, marshes and low, sandy open ground. May-October. Kansas Range: Southeast (Montgomery to Crawford counties). Synonyms: Paspalum difforme Le Conte Paspalum floridanum Michx. var. glabratum Engelm. ex Vasey Paspalum giganteum Baldw. ex Vasey Paspalum glabratum (Engelm. ex Vasey) C. Mohr