Ottochloa nodosa (Kunth) Dandy, Poaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  no

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Panicum nodosum Kunth

Common name(s): [more details]

Chinese: lu zi cao

English: short-glumed panic, slender panic grass

Habit:  grass

Description:  "Decumbent perennial, up to ca 45 cm tall, rooting at lower nodes; culms usually unbranched, nodes glabrous or with few hairs.  Leaf sheaths glabrous except for ciliate margin; ligules short; leaf blades linear or linear-ovate, 1.8-15 cm x 0.2-0.9 cm, glabrous or with few hairs at base.  Panicles up to ca 20 cm long, primary branches 4-12, lower ones up to ca 15 cm long, usually with secondary branching, these usually with several spikelets; spikelets ca 3-3.5 mm long; lower glume ca 1/3-1/2 as long as spikelet, glabrous, upper glume ca 1/2-2/3 as long as spikelet; lower floret with lemma glabrous; upper floret glabrous" (Stanley and Ross, 1989; vol. 3, p. 227).

Description from GrassBase.

Habitat/ecology:  "Usually in shady places" (Stanley and Ross, 1989; vol. 3, p. 227).

Propagation:  Seed, rooting from lower nodes.

Native range:  Africa, Asia and Australia (Queensland) (GRIN).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island)	Papua New Guinea (eastern New Guinea Island)	native	Henty, E. E. (1969) (p. 137) Forest and forest margins.
Philippines Philippine Islands	Philippine Islands	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Australia Australia (continental)	Queensland	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Cambodia Cambodia	Cambodia (Kingdom of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
China China	China (People's Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Indonesia Indonesia	Indonesia (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Malaysia Malaysia	Malaysia (country of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Mexico Mexico	Mexico (United Mexican States)		Hafliger, Ernst/Scholz, Hildemar (1980) (p. 74)
Singapore Singapore	Singapore (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Singapore Singapore	Singapore (Republic of)	native	Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. (2009) (p. 65) Common
Taiwan Taiwan Island	Taiwan Island	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Thailand Thailand	Thailand (Kingdom of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Vietnam Vietnam	Vietnam (Socialist Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Control:  If you know of control methods for Ottochloa nodosa, please let us know.