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PRE — Plant Risk Evaluator

Hyparrhenia hirta

by Luis Fernández García
Common Name(s)
Tambookie grass, Thatching grass, Coolatai grass, South African bluestem
Synonym(s)
Andropogon hirtus

Is this plant a cultivar?  No

Life History:  Perennial

Growth Form:  grass

much of Africa, Arabian peninsula, Indian subcontinent, southern Europe

Cultivated for fodder and erosion control. Uncommon ornamental escape according to Weeds of California and Other Western States.

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by Luis Fernández García
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