Poaceae
Bamboo-leaf
Lophatherum gracile
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Lophatherum
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 淡竹叶, 淡竹葉, 山鸡米, 淡竹叶（淡竹）, 碎骨子
- Czech
- Lofater křehký
- English
- Bamboo-leaf
- Indonesian
- Rumput bambu
- Japanese
- ササクサ
- lzh
- 淡竹葉
Synonyms
- Acroelytrum japonicum Steud.
- Acroelytrum urville (Steud.) Steud. ex Miq.
- Allelotheca urvillei Steud.
- Lophatherum annulatum Franch. & Sav.
- Lophatherum dubium Steud.
- Lophatherum elatum Zoll. & Moritzi
- Lophatherum elatum Zoll. & Moritzi
- Lophatherum gracile f. elatum (Steud.) T.Koyama
- Lophatherum gracile f. musashiense (Hiyama) T.Koyama
- Lophatherum gracile f. pilosulum (Steud.) T.Koyama
- Lophatherum gracile var. annulatum (Franch. & Sav.) Hack.
- Lophatherum gracile var. cochinchinense A.Camus
- Lophatherum gracile var. elatum (Steud.) Hack.
- Lophatherum gracile var. gracile
- Lophatherum gracile var. intermedium A.Camus
- Lophatherum gracile var. musashiense Hiyama
- Lophatherum gracile var. pilosulum (Steud.) Hack.
- Lophatherum gracile var. pilosum A.Camus
- Lophatherum gracile var. zeylanicum (Hook.f.) Bor
- Lophatherum gracile var. zeylanicum (Hook.f.) A.Camus
- Lophatherum humile Miq.
- Lophatherum japonicum Steud.
- Lophatherum lehmannii Nees ex Steud.
- Lophatherum multiflorum Steud.
- Lophatherum pilosulum Steud.
- Lophatherum zeylanicum Hook.f.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: keisotyo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: りなべる, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: keisotyo, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Bamboo-leaf: 淡竹葉 Lophatherum gracile [香港動植物公園 Hong Kong Botanical Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/%E6%B7%A1%E7%AB%B9%E8%91%89_Lophatherum_gracile_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%8B%95%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Botanical_Garden-_%289222671532%29.jpg/1280px-%E6%B7%A1%E7%AB%B9%E8%91%89_Lophatherum_gracile_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%8B%95%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Botanical_Garden-_%289222671532%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wang Z, Tong X, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacy Chen, 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.