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Caribgrass

Eriochloa polystachya

Caribgrass
Photo: Jose Hernandez, Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass

About

Eriochloa polystachya is a species of grass known by the common name Caribbean cupgrass. It is native to the West Indies, Costa Rica, Honduras, South America, Florida and Texas.

Other Urochloa plants

Urochloa nigropedata · Palisade grass · Deflexed brachiaria · Congo Grass · Browntop signalgrass · African liverseed grass · Para grass · Panic liverseed grass · Plantain signalgrass · Dixie signalgrass · Texas signalgrass · Signalgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriochloa polystachya by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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