Accession Data:
Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) O. Kuntze
- Common Name: St. Augustine Grass, Buffalo Grass
- Family: Poaceae Barnh.
- Country of Origin: SE. U.S.A. to E. & S. South America, W. Trop. Africa to Chad
- Description: [syn. S. americanum Schrank.]
Creeping, stoloniferous perennial grass; stems branching, compressed, flowering shoots 4-14 inches high; leaf blades mostly less than 6 inches long, to 3/8 inches wide; racemes 2-4 inches long; spikelets solitary or paired, rarely in threes, 0.125 - 0.25 inches long.
South Carolina to Florida and Texas; Tropical America.
Cultivated as a lawn grass along the coast, also in California, and escaping.
Cv. 'Variegatum' [syn. S. secundatum var. variegatum A.S. Hitchc; S. americanum cv. 'Variegatum'] - Leaves striped white. cultivated as a basket plant.
- USDA Zone: 9
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198500684
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1211 - AUS:Ground Bed 1 SW
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-05-2024
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Poales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Poaceae
- SubFamily: Panicoideae
- Tribe: Paniceae
- SubTribe: Cenchrinae
References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Benin / Ghana / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Nigeria / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Togo / Cameroon / Congo / Equatorial Guinea / Gabon / Gulf of Guinea Is. / Zaire / Chad / Alabama / Florida / Georgia / Louisiana / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / Bahamas / Bermuda / Cayman Is. / Cuba / Dominican Republic / Haiti / Jamaica / Leeward Is. / Puerto Rico / Southwest Caribbean / Trinidad-Tobago / Windward Is. / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Bolivia / Peru / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Chile Central / Chile North / Chile South / Paraguay / Uruguay
References (external):
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
- Stenotaphrum secundatum at Wikispecies. Accessed 29 July 2015.
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, March 11, 2016.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Friday, March 11, 2016.
data regenerated on Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:30:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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