Poaceae
Seashore centipede grass
Ischaemum muticum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Ischaemum
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- رقوءة جرداء
- Chinese
- 无芒鸭嘴草, 無芒鴨嘴草
- English
- Seashore centipede grass
Synonyms
- Agrostis javanica Houtt.
- Andropogon cymbachne Hack.
- Andropogon polymorphus Steud.
- Andropogon relictus Steud.
- Andropogon repens Steud.
- Cymbachne alata P.Beauv.
- Cymbachne ciliata Retz.
- Cymbachne ciliata var. toumodiensis Roberty
- Ischaemum glabratum J.Presl
- Ischaemum involutum Labill. ex Kunth
- Ischaemum muticum var. aristuliferum Fosberg & Sachet
- Ischaemum muticum var. muticum
- Ischaemum muticum var. repens (Roxb.) Hack. ex Ridl.
- Ischaemum muticum var. srilankense Davidse
- Ischaemum repens Roxb.
- Rottboellia cymbachne Willd.
- Tripsacum ischaemum Raspail
- Tripsacum muticum (L.) Raspail
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brandon Seah, CC BY 4.0, 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.