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Life form:
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herb |
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grass |
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climber |
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shrub |
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tree |
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Additional:
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annual |
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biennial |
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perennial |
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bulbous |
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rhizome |
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aquatic |
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woody |
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Origin:
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South America.
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Stem:
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Flowering stems up to 1m.
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Leaves:
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Long, narrow, rolled in bud, grey-green.
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Flowers:
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Inflorescence with 2-10 racemes of purple-green spikelets.
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Roots:
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Fibrous. Also rhizomes.
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Other characteristics:
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A fodder grass. A weed of disturbed wetlands.
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Spread:
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Mainly by seed.
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Control:
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Hand weeding, herbicides.
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