Poaceae

Centotheca lappacea (L.) Desv.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Centotheca

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 假淡竹叶, 假淡竹葉, 酸模芒, 鹅不食草
sg: Sên-kpakpa

Synonyms

Andropogon latifolius (Osbeck) Kunth
Anthoxanthum pulchellum D.Dietr.
Anthoxanthum pulcherrimum Lour.
Cenchrus lappaceus L.
Centosteca lappacea (L.) Desv.
Centotheca lappacea subsp. inermis (Rendle) T.Koyama
Centotheca lappacea var. inermis Rendle
Centotheca lappacea var. lappacea
Centotheca lappacea var. longilamina (Ohwi) Bor
Centotheca latifolia Trin.
Centotheca latifolia var. inermis (Rendle) Sasaki
Centotheca longilamina Ohwi
Centotheca parviflora Andersson
Cynosurus ciliaris Raspail
Festuca blepharophora Roem. & Schult.
Festuca ciliaris B.Heyne ex Roem. & Schult.
Festuca virgata B.Heyne ex Steud.
Hierochloe latifolia (Osbeck) Kunth
Holcus latifolius L.
Melica diandra Roxb.
Melica lappacea (L.) Raspail
Melica philippensis Llanos
Melica refracta Roxb.
Oplismenus magellanicus (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
Panicum festuciforme Hochst. ex Hook.f.
Panicum magellanicum Lam.
Poa latifolia (Osbeck) G.Forst.
Torresia biflora Roem. & Schult.
Torresia latifolia (Osbeck) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Uniola lappacea (L.) Trin.

Flowers

In flower: November (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: native

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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.