Africa: Kenya; Tanzania, Cape Verde, Somalia, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia; Eastern and Western Cape of South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Benin, Cote D'lvoire, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Asia: Oman, Yemen, China (Hainan; Yunnan), Ryukyu Islands in Japan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australia: New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Northern America: Mexico (Baja Sur; San Luis Potosi; Tamaulipas; Campeche; Colima; Jalisco; Puebla; Quintana Roo; Tabasco; Veracruz; Yucatan), United States (New Mexico; Texas; Alabama; Florida; Georgia; Louisiana; Mississippi; North Carolina; South Carolina)
Southern America: Brazil, Caribbean, Antigua, St. Vincent, Virgin Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Central America: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Seashore paspalum is a perennial grass in the Poaceae family with rhizomes and/or stolons. The stems grow 10 to 79 centimeters tall. The leaf blades are 10 to 19 centimeters long and may be hairless to slightly hairy and are usually blue-green in color.
Used as truf grass and for erosion. Many cultivars are available. Can be irrigated with sea water.