Poaceae
Para grass
Urochloa mutica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Urochloa
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 巴拉草
- English
- Para grass
- French
- Herbe de Para
- Hausa
- Zarin ɓauna
- Indonesian
- Kolonjono, Rumput malela
- Japanese
- パラグラス
- Tamil
- எருமைப் புல்
- Thai
- หญ้าขน
Synonyms
- Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf
- Brachiaria numidiana (Lam.) Henrard
- Brachiaria purpurascens (Raddi) Henrard
- Panicum adpressum Forssk.
- Panicum amphibium Steud.
- Panicum appressum Forssk.
- Panicum barbinode Trin.
- Panicum equinum Salzm. ex Steud.
- Panicum guadaloupense Steud.
- Panicum leiogonum Sieber ex Link
- Panicum limnaeum Steud.
- Panicum muticum Forssk.
- Panicum numidianum Lam.
- Panicum paraguayense Steud. ex Döll
- Panicum pictigluma Steud.
- Panicum punctulatum Arn. ex Steud.
- Panicum purpurascens Raddi
Flowers
- In flower
- October to January (from 26 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: 26FO SUSANTA SARKAR, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 梁頌恩, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: João Guilherme Corrêa Marcolino, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.