Poaceae
Creeping molasses grass
Melinis repens
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Melinis
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 紅毛草, 红毛草, 红茅草
- English
- Creeping molasses grass, Rose Natal grass, Natal grass
- Spanish
- Espiga colorada, Zacate natal, Zacate rosado
Synonyms
- Erianthus repens (Willd.) P.Beauv.
- Panicum roseum Steud.
- Panicum tonsum Steud.
- Rhynchelytrum dregeanum var. annuum Chiov.
- Rhynchelytrum dregeanum var. intermedium Chiov.
- Rhynchelytrum gossweileri Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Rhynchelytrum repens (Willd.) C.E.Hubb.
- Rhynchelytrum repens var. roseum (Nees) Chiov.
- Rhynchelytrum roseum Stapf & C.E.Hubb. ex Bews
- Rhynchelytrum roseum (Nees) Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Rhynchelytrum ruficomum Hochst. ex Steud.
- Rhynchelytrum stolzii Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Rhynchelytrum tonsum Lanza & Mattei
- Saccharum repens Willd.
- Tricholaena atropurpurea Voss
- Tricholaena dregeana T.Durand & Schinz
- Tricholaena repens (Willd.) Hitchc.
- Tricholaena rosea f. violacea Voss.
- Tricholaena violacea Voss
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, 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.