Poaceae
Running mountaingrass
Oplismenus compositus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Oplismenus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 竹叶草, 竹葉草, 多穗缩箬, 台湾竹叶草, 中間型竹葉草, 中间型竹叶草, 云南竹叶草, 台湾求米草
- English
- Running mountaingrass, Running mountain basketgrass, Running mountain grass, Basketgrass, Bristle basketgrass
- Japanese
- エダウチチヂミザサ
- Korean
- 가지주름조개풀
- Malayalam
- വട്ടിപ്പുല്ല്
- Persian
- ارزن جنگلی انبوه
Synonyms
- Andropogon undatus Jacq.
- Digitaria composita (L.) Willd.
- Digitaria elatior Willd.
- Echinochloa lanceolata (Retz.) P.Beauv.
- Echinochloa lanceolata (Retz.) Roem. & Schult.
- Hippagrostis composita (L.) Kuntze
- Hippagrostis setaria (Lam.) Kuntze
- Oplismenus burmanni var. intermedius Honda
- Oplismenus compositus f. glabratus F.Br.
- Oplismenus compositus f. pubescens F.Br.
- Oplismenus compositus f. vittatus (Bailey) Beetle
- Oplismenus compositus subsp. patens (Honda) T.Koyama
- Oplismenus compositus var. angustifolius L.C.Chia
- Oplismenus compositus var. compositus
- Oplismenus compositus var. formosanus (Honda) S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin
- Oplismenus compositus var. intermedius (Honda) Ohwi
- Oplismenus compositus var. lasiorhachis Hack.
- Oplismenus compositus var. owatarii (Honda) Ohwi
- Oplismenus compositus var. patens (Honda) Ohwi
- Oplismenus compositus var. rariflorus (J.Presl) U.Scholz
- Oplismenus compositus var. setarius (Lam.) F.M.Bailey
- Oplismenus compositus var. submuticus S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin
- Oplismenus compositus var. sylvaticus (Lam.) U.Scholz
- Oplismenus compositus var. vittatus L.H.Bailey
- Oplismenus coreanus Nakai
- Oplismenus decompositus Nees
- Oplismenus elatior (L.f.) P.Beauv.
- Oplismenus elatius (L.f.) P.Beauv.
- Oplismenus formosanus Honda
- Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. setarius (Lam.) Mez
- Oplismenus hirtellus subsp. setarius (Lam.) Mez ex Ekman
- Oplismenus hirtellus var. setarius (Lam.) Mez ex Ekman
- Oplismenus indicus Roem. & Schult.
- Oplismenus jacquinii Sieber ex Steud.
- Oplismenus junghuhnii Boerl.
- Oplismenus lanceolatus (Retz.) Kunth
- Oplismenus liebmannii E.Fourn.
- Oplismenus owatarii Honda
- Oplismenus patens Honda
- Oplismenus patens var. angustifolius (L.C.Chia) S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin
and 41 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Gihan Jayaweera, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: FarEnd2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 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.