Plants Profile for Pennisetum purpureum (elephant grass)

General Information
Symbol:	PEPU2
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Poaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Graminoid
Native Status:	HI I L48 I PB I PR I VI I
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CEPU15	Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae – Grass family
Genus	Pennisetum Rich. ex Pers. – fountaingrass
Species	Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. – elephant grass

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Pennisetum purpureum bokso elephant grass herbe elephant merker grass napier grass puk-soh This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
FLEPPC	Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list. Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Synonyms

CEPU15 Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	FAC
Hawaii	FAC

North America
Arid West	FACU
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Great Plains	FAC