Common name
English: Kleberg bluestem
Mandarin: 双花草 (shuang hua cao)
English: Kleberg bluestem
Mandarin: 双花草 (shuang hua cao)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)
Genus: Dichanthium (1)
Epithet: annulatum (Forsk.) Stapf (1)
Synonyms: Andropogon annulatus Forsk., Andropogon nodosus (Willem.) Nash
annulatum => having a ring, ringed
annulatus => having a ring, ringed
nodosus => jointed, knotted
Climate: sub-tropical, tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
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