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Swamp millet

Isachne globosa (Thunb.) Kuntze

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Isachne

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Swamp millet: Flowerheads are open panicles; 2-10 cm long and ovate. Spikelets are 2-2.5 mm long, oblong to globular and borne towards the tips of the branches; they have rou
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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

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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.