Scientific Name: Paspalum wetsteinii (now Paspalum mandiocanum)

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  • Pronunciation:
    pas-PALE-um wet-STEIN-ee-eye
  • Derivation:
    Paspalum: from the Greek paspalos (a kind of millet). wettsteinii: in honour of Richard Wettstein Westersheim (1863–1931). Austrian botanist.
  • Type:
    herb , grass
  • Family:
    POACEAE
  • Status:
    WEED This introduced plant has escaped into local bushland. Without natural predators to keep it in check, it is out-competing native species.
  • Species List:
    Grass book, Janet, weeds,
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