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Poaceae

Panama crowngrass

Paspalum fimbriatum Kunth

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Paspalum

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Panama crowngrass: Paspalum fimbriatum (habit). Location: Maui, Haiku
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
裂穎雀稗, 裂颖雀稗
English
Panama crowngrass

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.