Poaceae
Boat thatching grass
Hyparrhenia cymbaria
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hyparrhenia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Bootjietamboekiegras
- English
- Boat thatching grass
Synonyms
- Andropogon boivinii Steud.
- Andropogon cymbarius L.
- Andropogon cymbarius var. lepidus (Nees) Stapf
- Andropogon intonsus Nees
- Andropogon lepidus Nees
- Andropogon lepidus var. intonsus (Nees) Hack.
- Andropogon lepidus var. viridis Chiov.
- Andropogon serratifolius B.Heyne ex Wall.
- Anthistiria cymbaria (L.) Roxb.
- Anthistiria latifolia Andersson
- Cymbopogon cymbarius (L.) Rendle
- Cymbopogon cymbarius (L.) Thomson
- Cymbopogon elegans Spreng.
- Cymbopogon lepidus (Nees) Chiov.
- Hyparrhenia lepida (Nees) Cufod.
- Sorghum cymbarium (L.) Kuntze
- Sorghum lepidum (Nees) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.