Disakisperma dubium

Disakisperma dubium
seeds

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Disakisperma
Species:
D. dubium
Binomial name
Disakisperma dubium
(Kunth) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
Synonyms

Chloris dubia Kunth
Diplachne dubia (Kunth) Scribn.
Leptochloa dubia (Kunth) Nees

Disakisperma dubium is a species of grass known by the common names green sprangletop and zacate gigante. It is native to the Americas, where it is distributed from the United States to Argentina.

This perennial grass grows up to 110 centimeters tall. The leaves are up to 35 centimeters long and are hairless to hairy or rough in texture. The leaf sheaths are sometimes purplish. The inflorescence is a branching panicle with brown or greenish spikelets.

This grass is a good forage for animals and it is sometimes added to seed mixes used for vegetating rangeland.

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