Poaceae
Capetown grass
Tribolium obliterum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Tribolium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Capetown grass
Synonyms
- Brizopyrum glomeratum Stapf
- Brizopyrum obliterum (Hemsl.) Stapf
- Brizopyrum obliterum var. erectum Stapf
- Brizopyrum obliterum var. obliterum
- Desmazeria oblitera Hemsl.
- Plagiochloa glomerata (Stapf) Adamson & Sprague
- Plagiochloa oblitera (Hemsl.) Adamson & Sprague
- Poa glomerata Thunb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nina Kerr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nina Kerr, 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.