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|accepted_name=Axonopus scoparius
|accepted_authority=(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé) Kuhlm.
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|common_names=Carpetgrass
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Axonopus;Axonopus scoparius
|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>[[Axonopus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Axonopus scoparius]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 566
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>rhizomatous, frequently also stoloniferous. <b>Culms</b> (50)100-300 cm, to about 1 cm thick, sometimes branching above the base; nodes glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> primarily cauline; sheaths often much wider than the internodes, mostly glabrous but the collars pubescent, lower sheaths compressed; ligules 0.5-2.9 mm, ciliolate; blades 15-50 cm long, (5)20-35 mm wide, bases usually wider than the sheaths. <b>Panicles</b> terminal and axillary, 10-50 cm overall, rachises 2-3.5 cm, with 30-100+ branches; lower branches 10-24 cm, frequently fasci¬cled. <b>Spikelets</b> 2.1-2.7 mm, ovoid to oblong-ellipsoid, acute or apiculate; upper glumes and lower lemmas usu¬ally 5-veined, sparsely pilose; upper florets 0-0.4 mm shorter than the upper glumes and lower lemmas, obtuse to subacute. <b>Caryopses</b> usually absent. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Axonopus scoparius</i> is native from southern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. In Mesoamerica, it rarely sets seed but is grown for forage and often persists after cultivation has ceased. It has been grown experiment¬ally in Florida, but it is not winter hardy even there. Not surprisingly, <i>A. scoparius</i> is not established in the Flora region.</p>
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name=Axonopus scoparius
|authority=(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Flüggé) Kuhlm.
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|parent rank=genus
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Karen Klitz
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Axonopus
|species=Axonopus scoparius
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