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Disakisperma dubium

Leptochloa dubia

Also called Green sprangletop

Disakisperma dubium
Photo: Steve Hurst @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial

About

Disakisperma dubium is a species of grass known by the common names green sprangletop and zacate gigante. It is native to the Americas, where it is distributed from the United States to Argentina.

This perennial grass grows up to 110 centimeters tall. The leaves are up to 35 centimeters long and are hairless to hairy or rough in texture. The leaf sheaths are sometimes purplish. The inflorescence is a branching panicle with brown or greenish spikelets.

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Green Sprangletop

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

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