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Kikuyu Grass

Cenchrus clandestinus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) dinesh83, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 61, February 65, March 118, April 318, May 274, June 164, July 108, August 109, September 101, October 92, November 93, December 93.
South Africa1,596
Western Cape1,413
New Zealand752
Australia659
Victoria441
Auckland Region393
United States305
Hawaii235
California221
Colombia198

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
Ordergrasses, sedges, cattails, and allies · Poales
Familygrasses · Poaceae
Genussandburs and fountain grasses · Cenchrus

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