Hemarthria altissima
Species of flowering plant
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Hemarthria altissima, variously called limpo grass, limpograss, halt grass, Batavian quick grass, swamp couch grass, red swamp grass and red vleigrass, is a species of flowering plant in the jointgrass genus Hemarthria, family Poaceae.[1] It is native to the Old World Tropics and Subtropics; Africa, Southern Europe, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, eastern China, and Borneo, and widely introduced as a forage in the New World, from Texas and Florida south to northern Argentina.[2] In addition to being a valued forage for livestock, it makes a good, fragrant silage.[2] A number of cultivars are commercially available.[3]
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| Patches of Hemarthria altissima in a pasture in Hawaii | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Hemarthria |
| Species: | H. altissima |
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| Hemarthria altissima | |
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