Poaceae
South American rice grass
Jarava plumosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Jarava
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- South American rice grass
Synonyms
- Achnatherum papposum (Nees) Barkworth
- Arundo plumosa (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Calamagrostis plumosa Spreng.
- Stipa delilei Steud.
- Stipa papposa Nees
- Stipa papposa Delile
- Stipa papposa f. major Speg.
- Stipa papposa f. minor Speg.
- Stipa tenuiflora Phil.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Candela Castro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pere Barnola, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patricio Novoa Quezada from Valparaíso, Chile, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Patricio Novoa Quezada from Valparaíso, Chile, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc Riera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oriol Sastre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marc Riera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.