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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Panicum repens L.
Torpedo grass

Panicum repens
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2014
Palm Beach County, Florida

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South America; an invasive weed elsewhere.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For more information and images, visit Florida Invasive Plant Species Mobile Field Guide (FLIP) or click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly naturalized.

Other data on Panicum repens available from :


Panicum repens has been reported from the following 4 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park Present Not Native, Naturalized
Lake San Pedro Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Not Native, Naturalized
National Key Deer Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized
National Key Deer Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized




Panicum repens has been reported for the following 2 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland
Disturbed Wetland


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Panicum repens
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2014
Palm Beach County, Florida

Panicum repens
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2018
Naturalized at National Key Deer Refuge in Monroe County, Florida

Panicum repens
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2014
Palm Beach County, Florida

Panicum repens
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2014
Palm Beach County, Florida. Expand

Panicum repens
Copyright by: Keith J. Buttry, 2014
Naturalized in Palm Beach County, Florida. Expand