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Melinis minutiflora
Also called Brazilian Stink Grass, Wynne Grass, Efwatakala Grass, Molasses Grass, Stink Grass, Dordura Grass, Gordura Grass
Molassesgrass (Melinis minutiflora) is a perennial grass from tropical Africa, now widespread as a pasture and invasive weed in warm regions. It spreads by wind-blown seed and forms dense mats that can climb over other plants.
Melinis minutiflora, commonly known as molasses grass, is a species of grass.
It is a perennial grass native to Africa, where it occurs in disjunct populations (an arc from central Angola to Cameroon in western central Africa, the areas around Ruwenzori Mountains and Mount Kenya in eastern Africa. Its seeds are dispersed by wind. Molasses grass usually grows to be thirty to sixty inches tall, and it forms mats when its long, slender stems lay on top of each other in layers up to four feet deep. Molasses grass can spread up other plants, using them as support, like a vine. It has fragrant foliage and colorful inflorescences. It blooms for short periods with differing bloom times depending on where the grass is located. Molasses grass generally flowers in the Southern Hemisphere between April and June and in the Northern Hemisphere in November.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melinis minutiflora 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.
