Poaceae
Chilean rabbitsfoot grass
Polypogon australis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Polypogon
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Polypogon australisPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Chilean rabbitsfoot grass
Synonyms
- Polypogon chonoticus Hook.f.
- Polypogon crinitus Trin.
- Polypogon elongatus var. patagonicus Speg.
- Polypogon interruptus var. crinitus (Kuntze) Hack.
- Polypogon littoralis var. crinitus Kuntze
- Polypogon purpurascens Phil.
- Polypogon radicans Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.