Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies  of Zihuatanejo

ORDER POALES

Natal Grass

Melinis repens

• Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

• Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

• Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

• Monocots (Class Liliopsida)

• Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies (Order Poales)

Melinis repens (Natal grass) is an erect grass that grows to 28 inches tall and has long reddish or pink silky hairs on the triangular fruit at maturity, fading to silvery white with age.