Jarava ichu

Jarava ichu, commonly known as Peruvian feathergrass,^[3] ichhu, paja brava, paja ichu, or simply ichu (Quechua for straw),^[4] is a grass species in the family Poaceae native to the Americas. It is found growing in a vast area: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Dominican Republic, Chile, and Argentina.^[2] It is a common grass of the Andean altiplano. It is used as fodder for livestock.

Jarava ichu
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Jarava
Species:	J. ichu
Binomial name
Jarava ichu Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms[1][2]
Stipa ichu (Ruiz & Pav.) Kunth Stipa jarava P.Beauv. Jarava arundinacea Willd. ex Steud. Jarava eriostachya (Kunth) Peñail. Jarava usitata Pers. Stipa eriostachya Kunth Stipa gynerioides Phil. Stipa ichu var. gynerioides (Phil.) Hack. Stipa ichu f. interrupta Hack. Stipa liebmannii E.Fourn.

Under the synonym Stipa ichu, it has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[5]