Poaceae
Kunth's smallgrass
Microchloa kunthii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Microchloa
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 长穗小草
- English
- Kunth's smallgrass
- ff
- Wiccu sondu
Synonyms
- Microchloa abyssinica Hochst.
- Microchloa elongata R.Br.
- Microchloa indica var. kunthii (Desv.) B.S.Sun & Z.H.Hu
- Microchloa kandalaensis Vanderyst
- Paspalum tenuissimum M.E.Jones
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, 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.