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Tripsacum lanceolatum
Also called Mexican Gama Grass
Tripsacum lanceolatum is a species of grass with the common name of Mexican gamagrass, though as with many common names it doesn't accurately describe it fully since it grows far outside Mexico as well. T. lanceolatum is a perennial bunchgrass as most species in its genus are, that grows in a Tropical Dry biome. Considered LC (least concern) by IUCN.
The distribution of T. lanceolatum is widespread with a native distribution in New Mexico, Arizona, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, and Mexico. There is also an introduced distribution in Southeast Brazil, and Jawa.
Tripsacum australe · Eastern gamagrass · Florida gamagrass · Grama Guatemala · Gamagrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tripsacum lanceolatum 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.
