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Running mountaingrass

Oplismenus compositus

Also called Running Mountain Grass, Running Mountain Grass., Woods Grass, Awned Panick Grass, Running Mountain Basketgrass, Basket Grass, Basket=grass

Running mountaingrass
Photo: Gihan Jayaweera, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Tropics & Subtropics
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Oplismenus compositus, the running mountaingrass, is a species of perennial plant from the family Poaceae that can be found throughout Asia (Pakistan China), Africa, Australia, South America, Mexico and Hawaii.

Other Oplismenus plants

Burmann's Basketgrass · Basketgrass · Oplismenus thwaitesii · Wavyleaf basketgrass · Basketgrass

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

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.

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