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Paspalum canarae is a small annual grass from the Western Ghats of India, with trailing stems and small flowers. It is a wild species seldom grown in gardens, so it is grown mainly as a moist-soil lawn or ornamental grass in tropical settings.
Paspalum canarae is a species of grass native to the Western Ghats region of India. It is also known as the canara paspalum.
Paspalum canarae is native to the Western Ghats; the report from Madhya Pradesh is considered doubtful.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paspalum canarae 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.
