Common Name: limpograss
Family: Poaceae
Common Synonyms: Manisuris altimissima
USDA Hardiness Zone: 8a-11
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Origin: Tropical Africa, southwest Europe
FISC Category: 2
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: Earliest Florida specimen available vouchered in 1990
IFAS Assessment:
Limpograss is a perennial grass that forms dense mats from creeping rhizomes. The inflorescences are diminutive and inconspicuous. The grass can have a red coloration on blade tips.
Alongside permanent streams, swamps, canals, irrigation ditches, flatwoods and other wet areas.
Planted as a forage for cattle.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. 2014. Hemarthria altissima: Details. http://eol.org/pages/1114965/details. Accessed June 13, 2017.
NRCA-USDA. 1997. Planting Guide: Hemarthria altissima. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_PLANTMATERIALS/publications/flpmcpgheal.pdf. Accessed June 13, 2017.