Pennisetum alopecuroides

Pennisetum alopecuroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Pennisetum
Species:	P. alopecuroides
Binomial name
Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng.

Pennisetum alopecuroides (Chinese Pennisetum, Dwarf Fountain Grass, Foxtail fountain grass, Swamp foxtail grass) is a species of perennial grass native to Asia and Australia. Culms are erect, and 60–100 cm long; leaf-blades are erect or drooping; flat, or conduplicate, or involute; and from 10–45 cm long by 3–6 mm wide.

Synonyms

• Alopecurus hordeiformis L.
• Panicum alopecuroides L. (basionym)
• Pennisetum compressum R. Br.
• Pennisetum hordeiforme (Thunb.) Spreng.
• Pennisetum japonicum Trin. ex Spreng.

References

• GrassBase entry
• GBIF entry
• USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
• Syst. veg. 1:303. 1824