Hyparrhenia hirta
Summary 5
Hyparrhenia hirta is a species of grass known by the common names common thatching grass and Coolatai grass. It is native to much of Africa and Eurasia, and it is known on other continents as an introduced species. In eastern Australia it is a tenacious noxious weed. In South Africa, where it is native, it is very common and one of the most widely used thatching grasses. It is also used for grazing livestock and weaving...
Global distribution 6
Mediterranean region, Sinai, eastwards to Pakistan and southwards to south Africa, but absent from much of tropical Africa.
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- (c) Luis Mata, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/dingilingi/6056259690/
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- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyparrhenia_hirta
- (c) Bibliotheca Alexandrina, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/22630629
More Info
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