Miscanthus sacchariflorus

Miscanthus sacchariflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Miscanthus
Species:
M. sacchariflorus
Binomial name
Miscanthus sacchariflorus
Synonyms
  • Imperata sacchariflora Maxim.
  • Triarrhena sacchariflora (Maxim.) Nakai
  • Imperata eulalioides Miq.
  • Miscanthus hackelii Nakai
  • Miscanthus saccharifer Benth.
  • Miscanthus sacchariflorus var. gracilis Y.N.Lee
  • Miscanthus sacchariflorus f. latifolius Adati
  • Miscanthus sacchariflorus f. purpurascens Y.N.Lee
  • Triarrhena hackelii (Nakai) Nakai

Miscanthus sacchariflorus, the Amur silvergrass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is native to temperate Amur Oblast, China, Japan, Khabarovsk Krai, Korea, Mongolia, and Primorye Krai and is found as an introdcued species in Austria, Canada, Germany, Poland, and The United States.

Its Culms are erect, 90 centimetres (35 in) – 250 centimetres (98 in) in height and 5 millimetres (0.20 in) – 8 millimetres (0.31 in) in diameter.