*Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.

Plants 1.5–3 m high (rarely higher). Bristles unequal, numerous, scabrous or rarely glabrous, mostly 10–16 mm long. Spikelets 4–7 mm long. Panicle 8–30 cm long, 14–30 mm diam. Coast. Cattle fodder; roadsides. Introd. from trop. Africa. Fl. summer. Elephant Grass or Napier Fodder