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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Pennisetum purpureum Schumacher
Elephant grass, Napier grass

Pennisetum purpureum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Poaceae

Group: Monocot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Synonyms: Cenchrus purpureus.

Other data on Pennisetum purpureum available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Pennisetum purpureum has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Disturbed Upland

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Pennisetum purpureum
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Pennisetum purpureum
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley