Heteropogon melanocarpus, commonly known as sweet tanglehead or buzzard grass, is an annual graminoid in the family Poaceae found throughout the tropics and subtropics globally.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sweet Tanglehead 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
- Heteropogon contortus
- Hyperthelia dissoluta
- Andropogon gayanus
- Heteropogon triticeus
- Hyparrhenia rufa
- Coelorachis rottboellioides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Heteropogon
- Species
- Heteropogon melanocarpus
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