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|accepted_name=Paspalum distichum
|accepted_authority=L.
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|common_names=Knotgrass;Thompsongrass
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Paspalum paspaloides
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Paspalum;Paspalum distichum
|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 distichum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 575
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; rhizomatous or cespitose. <b>Culms</b> 5-65 cm, erect; nodes glabrous. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous, sparsely long pubescent distally; ligules 1-2 mm; blades to 14 cm long, 1.8-11.5 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 1.4-7 cm, diverging, often arcuate; branch axes 1.2-2.2 mm wide, winged, glabrous, margins scabrous, terminating in a spikelet. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.4-3.2 mm long, 1.1-1.6 mm wide, solitary (rarely paired), appressed to the branch axes, broadly elliptic, stramineous, sometimes partially purple. <b>Lower</b> glumes absent or, if present, to 1 mm and triangular; upper glumes sparsely and shortly pubescent on the back, 3-veined; lower lemmas glabrous, 3-veined; upper florets stramineous. <b>Caryopses</b> 1.9-2.1 mm, yellow. <b>2n</b> = 20, 30, 40, 48, 60, 61.</span><!--

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|distribution=Wash.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.J.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Nev.;Va.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;Ariz.;Idaho;Md.;Kans.;Okla.;Utah;Mo.;Miss.;Ky.;Oreg.
|discussion=<p><i>Paspalum distichum</i> grows on the edges of lakes, ponds, rice fields, and wet roadside ditches. It is native in warm regions throughout the world, being most abundant in humid areas. In the Western Hemisphere, it grows from the United States to Argentina and Chile.</p>
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name=Paspalum distichum
|authority=L.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Paspalum paspaloides
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Cindy Roché
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Wash.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.J.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Nev.;Va.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;Ala.;Ark.;Ga.;Ariz.;Idaho;Md.;Kans.;Okla.;Utah;Mo.;Miss.;Ky.;Oreg.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Paspalum
|species=Paspalum distichum
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