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Sporobolus fertilis
Also called Sacaton Grasses, Giant Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus fertilis, commonly known as Bloomsbury grass, is a species of grass native to the Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, China, Japan, and Malaysia. It is an invasive species in Australia, where it is known as giant parramatta grass. This plant first appeared in scientific literature as Agrostis fertilis in the Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum of 1854, published by the German botanist Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sporobolus fertilis 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.
