Poaceae
Swamp millet
Isachne globosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Isachne
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 柳叶箬, 柳葉箬, 黄花鸢尾, 二型柳叶箬, 異花柳葉箬, 类黍柳叶箬, 紧穗柳叶箬, 緊穗柳葉箬
- English
- Swamp millet, Isachne
- Japanese
- チゴザサ
Synonyms
- Agrostis globosa (Thunb.) Poir.
- Aira ischoemoides J.Koenig ex Kunth
- Aira violacea Willd. ex Steud.
- Eriochloa globosa (Thunb.) Kunth
- Eriochloa japonica Steud.
- Helopus globosus (Thunb.) Steud.
- Isachne adstans Miq.
- Isachne altissima Debeaux
- Isachne atrovirens (Trin.) Trin.
- Isachne australis R.Br.
- Isachne australis var. effusa Trin. ex Hook.f.
- Isachne dispar Trin.
- Isachne dispar var. villosa C.E.C.Fisch.
- Isachne globosa var. brevispicula Ohwi
- Isachne globosa var. ciliaris Ohwi
- Isachne globosa var. compacta W.Z.Fang ex S.L.Chen
- Isachne globosa var. daviumbuensis Jansen
- Isachne globosa var. effusa (Trin. ex Hook.f.) Senaratna
- Isachne globosa var. globosa
- Isachne globosa var. obscura (Buse) Henrard
- Isachne heterantha Hayata
- Isachne javana Nees ex Steud.
- Isachne lepidota (Steud.) Walp.
- Isachne lutaria Santos
- Isachne miliacea Roth
- Isachne miliacea var. obscura Buse
- Isachne miliacea var. stricta Ridl.
- Isachne muricata Nees ex Steud.
- Isachne nodibarbata (Hochst. ex Steud.) Henrard
- Isachne ponapensis Hosok.
- Isachne subglobosa Hatus. & T.Koyama
- Isachne virgata Nees ex Steud.
- Milium globosum Thunb.
- Panicum adstans Steud.
- Panicum antipodum Spreng.
- Panicum antipodum var. atrovirens (Trin.) Trin.
- Panicum atrovirens Trin.
- Panicum australe (R.Br.) Raspail
- Panicum batavicum Steud.
- Panicum benjamini Steud.
and 5 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos

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 
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.