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Spreading sprangletop

Dinebra divaricatissima (S.T.Blake) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Dinebra

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Spreading sprangletop: Found growing in a drain amongst other grasses on the Liverpool Plains NSW. When extracted from the other plants it collapsed because it was so weakly stemmed.
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Spreading sprangletop

Synonyms

  • Diplachne divaricatissima (S.T.Blake) P.M.Peterson
  • Leptochloa divaricatissima S.T.Blake

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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). About our plant data.