Poaceae
Tiger grass
Thysanolaena latifolia
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Thysanolaena
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Common names
By language (11)
- Burmese
- တံမြက်စည်းပင်, မြားမြက်ပင်, သမြက်ပင်
- Cebuano
- Tahiti
- Chinese
- 粽叶芦, 粽葉蘆, 粽叶草, 莽草, 棕叶芦, 棕葉蘆, 盾果草
- Dutch
- Amliso
- English
- Tiger grass, Asian broom grass, Bamboo grass, Amliso
- Indonesian
- Rumput awis, Rumput buluh, Rumput sapu
- Korean
- 티사놀라이나
- Nepali
- अम्लिसो
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈယူး
- Telugu
- కొండ చీపురు గడ్డి
- Thai
- ตองกง
Synonyms
- Agrostis maxima Roxb.
- Arundo minutiflora Brongn.
- Melica latifolia Roxb. ex Hornem.
- Myriachaeta arundinacea Zoll. & Moritzi
- Myriachaeta glauca Mor. ex Steud.
- Neyraudia acarifera (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Conert
- Panicum acariferum Trin.
- Sporobolus gigas (Steud.) Miq.
- Sporobolus scoparius J.Presl
- Thysanolaena acarifera Arn. & Nees
- Thysanolaena agrostis Nees
- Thysanolaena assamensis Gand.
- Thysanolaena birmanica Gand.
- Thysanolaena malaccensis Gand.
- Thysanolaena maxima (Roxb.) Kuntze
- Thysanolaena maxima f. maxima
- Thysanolaena sikkimensis Gand.
- Vilfa gigas Steud.
- Vilfa scoparia (J.Presl) Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, March to April (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.