Poaceae
Bunch cutgrass
Leersia monandra
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Leersia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bunch cutgrass
Synonyms
- Asprella monandra (Sw.) Roem. & Schult.
- Asprella monandra Roem. & Schult.
- Homalocenchrus monandrus (Sw.) Kuntze
- Leersia aspera Nees ex Trin.
- Leersia aspera Nees ex Steud.
- Oryza monandra (Sw.) Döll
- Oryza monandra var. monandra
- Oryza monandra var. parviflora Döll
- Paspalum cubense Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, 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.