Poaceae
Mexican gamagrass
Tripsacum lanceolatum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Tripsacum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mexican gamagrass
Synonyms
- Tripsacum acutiflorum Rupr. ex E.Fourn.
- Tripsacum dactyloides var. lemmonii (Vasey) Beal
- Tripsacum lemmonii Vasey
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Abraham Sánchez Romero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abraham Sánchez Romero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Enrique Martínez Núñez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jose Luis Leon de la Luz, 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.