Diplachne fusca, called bearded sprangletop and Kallar grass, is a widespread species of grass in the genus Diplachne, native to North America, the Caribbean, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia, and introduced in Europe, New Zealand and Hawaii, among other places. It prefers to live in salty, wet conditions, such as in salt marshes and shallow depressions.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sprangletop being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Dinebra chinensis
- Dinebra panicea
- Dinebra panicoides
- Eragrostis curvula
- Eragrostis virescens
- Disakisperma dubium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Diplachne
- Species
- Diplachne fusca
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