Poaceae
Hyparrhenia
Hyparrhenia filipendula
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hyparrhenia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Fyntamboekiegras
- Arabic
- حمرور إكليلية المروج
- Chinese
- 纤细苞茅
- English
- Hyparrhenia
- ff
- Fetinari
Synonyms
- Andropogon filipendulus Hochst.
- Cymbopogon filipendulus (Hochst.) Rendle
- Sorghum filipendulum (Hochst.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos

Photo: Harry Rose, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, 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.