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Australian panicgrass

Entolasia marginata (R.Br.) Hughes

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Entolasia

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Australian panicgrass: Native, warm season, perennial, straggling, wiry, rhizomatous grass; usually to 80 cm tall, but can grow to 2 m tall when straggling through undergrowth. Leaf b
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Australian panicgrass

Synonyms

  • Panicum marginatum R.Br.
  • Panicum marginatum var. majus Benth.
  • Panicum singulare Steud.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: introduced

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