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Iseilema prostratum, called musal grass, is a tufted perennial grass of seasonally dry tropical areas that grows to about 60 cm. It is a forage grass rather than a garden ornamental, and suits open, seasonally wet ground.
Iseilema prostratum, called musal grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, and Thailand. A tufted perennial reaching 60 cm (24 in), it is found in occasionally waterlogged soils in the seasonally dry tropics. It is highly palatable to cattle but disliked by sheep.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iseilema prostratum 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.
