Dichanthium aristatum

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|image = Dichanthium aristatum.jpg

|genus = Dichanthium

|species = aristatum

|authority = (Poir.) C.E.Hubb.

|synonyms = Andropogon aristatus Poir.
Andropogon caricosus subsp. mollicomus (Kunth) Hack.
Andropogon caricosus var. mollicomus (Kunth) Hack.
Andropogon mollicomus Kunth

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Dichanthium aristatum is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is commonly used as a forage for livestock.

Common names include angleton grass in Australia and Cuba; alabang X in the Philippines; angleton blue-stem or yellow bluestem in the United States; wildergrass in Hawai'i; hierba.{{GRIN | accessdate = 11 April 2018}}{{cite journal |last1=Bissett |first1=W. J. |last2=Sillar |first2=D. I. |title=Angleton Grass (Dichanthium aristatum) in Queensland |journal=Tropical Grasslands |date=1984 |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=161–174 |url=https://www.tropicalgrasslands.info/public/journals/4/Historic/Tropical%20Grasslands%20Journal%20archive/PDFs/Vol_18_1984/Vol_18_04_84_pp161_174.pdf |access-date=8 December 2024}}