Poaceae
Silky kangaroo grass
Themeda villosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Themeda
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Themeda villosaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 菅, 菅茅根, 黄背草, 峨嵋假铁秆草
- English
- Silky kangaroo grass
- Malay
- Pokok Riong
Synonyms
- Androscepia gigantea var. mutica Andersson
- Androscepia gigantea var. sundaica Buse
- Androscepia mutica Andersson
- Androscepia mutica Andersson ex Hook.f.
- Anthistiria gigantea subsp. villosa (Poir.) Hook.f.
- Anthistiria gigantea subsp. villosa (Poir.) Hook.
- Anthistiria junghuhniana Nees ex Andersson
- Anthistiria mutica Steud.
- Anthistiria mutica Hassk.
- Anthistiria setosa Thunb. ex Andersson
- Anthistiria villosa Poir.
- Aristaria mutica Hassk.
- Heterelytron scabrum Jungh.
- Pseudanthistiria emeinica S.L.Chen & T.D.Zhuang
- Themeda gigantea subsp. villosa (Lam.) Hack.
- Themeda gigantea var. sundaica (Büse) A.Camus
- Themeda gigantea var. villosa (Lam.) Hack.
- Themeda villosa var. sundaica (Buse) E.G.Camus & A.Camus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: 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.