Weeds of Australia - Fact Sheet

Top Scientific Name Synonyms Family Common Names Origin Naturalised Distribution Notes

Scientific Name

Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy

Synonyms

Panicum mosambicense Hack.
Urochloa pullulans Stapf
Urochloa rhodesiensis Stent

Family

Gramineae (South Australia)
Poaceae (Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory)

Common Names

African liverseed grass, bushveld herringbone grass, bushveld signal grass, common urochloa, gonya grass, Katherine liverseed, perennial urochloa grass, sabi, sabi grass, sabigrass, urochloa, urochloa grass

Origin

Native to central and southern Africa (i.e. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland).

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in northern Australia (i.e. in northern Western Australia, large parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland, and in some inland parts of northern and central New South Wales).

Also naturalised on Christmas Island and elsewhere in tropical regions, including in south-eastern USA (i.e. Texas).

Notes

Sabi grass (Urochloa mosambicensis) is regarded as an environmental weed in parts of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.