Native plant · POACEAE
Paspalum distichum
KNOTGRASS; knot grass
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Paspalum distichum. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Paspalum distichum
- Family
- POACEAE
- Genus
- Paspalum
- Order
- POALES
- Classification
- Monocots
- Recorded status
- Native; OBL (NWPL); OBL (DEP)
- Florida range
- Central Florida · North Florida · South Florida · Panhandle
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Hillsborough; Manatee; Sumter; Orange; Alachua; Polk; Duval; Seminole; Hendry; Pinellas; Pasco; Jackson; Wakulla; Miami-Dade; Highlands; Martin
Where documented in Florida
Hillsborough; Manatee; Sumter; Orange; Alachua; Polk; Duval; Seminole; Hendry; Pinellas; Pasco; Jackson; Wakulla; Miami-Dade; Highlands; Martin
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Paspalum
- Paspalum bifidum — PITCHFORK CROWNGRASS; Pitchfork Paspalum
- Paspalum blodgettii — CORAL PASPALUM; BLODGETT'S CROWNGRASS
- Paspalum boscianum — BULL CROWNGRASS
- Paspalum botterii — RUSTYSEED PASPALUM
- Paspalum caespitosum — BLUE CROWNGRASS
- Paspalum conjugatum — SOUR PASPALUM; HILOGRASS
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.