Jarava ichu
Jarava ichu | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Genus: | Jarava |
Species: | J. ichu
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Binomial name | |
Jarava ichu | |
Synonyms | |
Jarava ichu, commonly known as Peruvian feathergrass, ichhu, paja brava, paja ichu, or simply ichu (Quechua for straw), is a grass found growing in a vast area: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. It is a common grass of the Andean altiplano. It is used as fodder for livestock.
Under the synonym Stipa ichu, it has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
- Pooideae
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Bunchgrasses of South America
- Fodder
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of southern South America
- Flora of western South America
- Flora of the Andes
- Flora of Argentina
- Flora of Bolivia
- Flora of Chile
- Flora of Peru
- Plants described in 1798
- Pooideae stubs