Poaceae

Texas salt

Allolepis texana (Vasey) Soderstr. & H.F.Decker

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Allolepis

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Texas salt (Allolepis texana) — FruitPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Texas salt

Synonyms

Distichlis texana (Vasey) Scribn.
Poa texana Vasey
Sieglingia wrightii Vasey

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FruitPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.