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Each value Trefle shows for Paspalum vaginatum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded8 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Sw.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 21 (1788)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1788	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Biscuit grass	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Trop. & Subtrop. America	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	27 cm	26.92 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 853, 882	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Flower color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 350	Sourced
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	empty	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit shape	caryopsis	caryopsis · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth rate	empty	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Maximum height	55 cm	55 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 853, 882	Sourced
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 67, 444	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Paspalum vaginatum Sw., 1788 20% complete

Biscuit grass

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