Poaceae
Summergrass
Alloteropsis cimicina
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Alloteropsis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 臭虫草, 臭蟲草
- English
- Summergrass, Summer Grass, bug-seed grass, cockatoo grass
Synonyms
- Agrostis cimicina (L.) Poir.
- Agrostis digitata Lam.
- Alloteropsis latifolia (Peter) Pilg.
- Alloteropsis quintasii (Mez) Pilg.
- Axonopus cimicinus (L.) P.Beauv.
- Axonopus latifolius Peter
- Coridochloa cimicina (L.) Nees
- Coridochloa cimicina (L.) Nees ex Chase
- Coridochloa fimbriata Aitch.
- Eriachne melicacea f. fragrans F.M.Bailey
- Eriachne melicaceae var. fragrans F.M.Bailey
- Melica cimicina (L.) Salisb.
- Milium cimicinum L.
- Oplismenus fasciculatus Roem. & Schult.
- Panicum cimicinum Retz.
- Panicum fasciculatum Lam.
- Panicum fasciculiflorum Steud.
- Urochloa cimicina Kunth
- Urochloa fasciculata (Roem. & Schult.) Kunth
- Urochloa quintasii Mez
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.