Accession Data
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Common Name: St. Augustine Grass, Buffalo Grass
Family: Poaceae
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.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 9
Accession #: 198500684
Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1211
Quantity: 1
Source: Unknown
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
SubFamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Paniceae
SubTribe: Cenchrinae
References
- 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.
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