Poaceae
Mauritian grass
Apluda mutica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Apluda
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 水蔗草, 丝线草, 假雀麦, 牙尖草, 竹子草, 米草, 糯米草, 雀麦
- Dutch
- Apluda
- English
- Mauritian grass
- Portuguese
- Apluda
Synonyms
- Andropogon aristatus (L.) Raspail
- Andropogon glaucus Retz.
- Andropogon involucratus J.Koenig ex Steud.
- Apluda aristata L.
- Apluda aristata var. ciliata (Andersson) S.K.Jain
- Apluda aristata var. jainii S.K.Jain
- Apluda blatteri Sur
- Apluda ciliata Andersson
- Apluda communis Nees & Arn.
- Apluda communis Arn. & Nees
- Apluda cumingii Buse
- Apluda geniculata Roxb.
- Apluda gigantea (P.Beauv.) Spreng.
- Apluda glauca (Retz.) Schreb.
- Apluda humilis (J.Presl) Kunth
- Apluda inermis Regel
- Apluda kobila Buch.-Ham. ex Nees
- Apluda microstachya Nees
- Apluda mucronata Steud.
- Apluda mutica subsp. aristata (L.) Babu
- Apluda mutica var. aristata (L.) Hack. ex K.Bakker
- Apluda mutica var. major (Hack.) S.K.Jain
- Apluda pedicellata Buse ex de Vriese
- Apluda pedicellata Buse
- Apluda rostrata Arn. & Nees
- Apluda rostrata Arn. & Nees
- Apluda scabra Andersson
- Apluda varia Hack.
- Apluda varia subsp. aristata (L.) Hack.
- Apluda varia subsp. mutica (L.) Hack.
- Apluda varia var. ciliata (Andersson) Hack.
- Apluda varia var. humilis Hack.
- Apluda varia var. intermedia Hack.
- Apluda varia var. major Hack.
- Apluda villosa Schreb.
- Calamina gigantea P.Beauv.
- Calamina humilis J.Presl
- Calamina mutica (L.) P.Beauv.
- Tripsacum giganteum (P.Beauv.) Raspail
- Xerochloa latifolia Hassk.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
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Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: 葉子, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.