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Bothriochloa bladhii
Also called Australian Bluestem, Burnett River Bluegrass, Forest Bluegrass, Plains Bluestem, Purple Plume Grass, Blue Grass, Purple Tassel Grass
In Singapore: Purple Plume Grass, Australian Bluestem, Plains Bluestem, Forest Bluegrass, Caucasian Bluestem, 臭根子草
Caucasian bluestem is a perennial tufted grass native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Australia, valued for grazing and for restoring disturbed land. It grows best in full sun with well-drained soil and tolerates dry conditions once established.
Bothriochloa bladhii (commonly called, variously, Australian bluestem, Caucasian bluestem, forest-bluegrass, plains bluestem, and purple plume grass) is a Neotropic grass in the family Poaceae, found primarily in tropical Africa, and tropical and temperate Asia, and Australia. The type specimen was collected from China by Finnish botanist Peter Johan Bladh. The name of Bladh is honored in the specific epithet.
Bothriochloa bladhii is native to Africa from Senegal and Ethiopia southwards to South Africa; the Middle East; much of temperate and tropical, southern and eastern Asia, Malesia, and Australia.
Bothriochloa bladhii is used as stored food for local livestock, and as a grazing plant by both livestock and wild ruminants. It is sometimes planted as a revegetator, to restore disturbed land.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bothriochloa bladhii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
