Poaceae
American sloughgrass
Beckmannia syzigachne
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Beckmannia
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Common names
By language (11)
- Chinese
- 菵草, 水稗子, 菵米, 菵（艹冂又）米, 芮草, 毛颖虉草, 毛颖菵草
- Czech
- Housenkovec cizí
- English
- American sloughgrass, American slough grass
- Finnish
- Amerikantörökki
- hsb
- Ameriska zbožowna trawa
- Japanese
- カズノコグサ, ミノゴメ
- Korean
- 개피
- Mongolian
- Дорнодын тор өвс
- Polish
- Trawa
- Swedish
- Radgräs
- Welsh
- Gwellt Beckman
Synonyms
- Beckmannia baicalensis (Kuzn.) Hultén
- Beckmannia eruciformis subsp. baicalensis (Kuzn.) T.Koyama & Kawano
- Beckmannia eruciformis subsp. baicalensis (Kuzn) Hultén
- Beckmannia eruciformis subsp. baicalensis (V.A.Kusn.) Koyama & Kawano
- Beckmannia eruciformis subsp. syzigachne (Steud.) Breitung
- Beckmannia eruciformis subsp. vaicalensis (V.A.Kusn.) Koyama & Kawano
- Beckmannia eruciformis var. baicalensis Kuzn.
- Beckmannia eruciformis var. uniflora Scribn. ex A.Gray
- Beckmannia hirsutiflora (Roshev.) Prob.
- Beckmannia syzigachne f. eriantha Kitag.
- Beckmannia syzigachne subsp. baicalensis (Kuzn.) T.Koyama & Kawano
- Beckmannia syzigachne subsp. baicalensis (V.A.Kusn.) Hultén
- Beckmannia syzigachne subsp. hirsutiflora (Roshev.) Tzvelev
- Beckmannia syzigachne subsp. syzigachne
- Beckmannia syzigachne var. hirsutiflora Roshev.
- Beckmannia syzigachne var. syzigachne
- Beckmannia syzigachne var. uniflora (Scribn. ex A.Gray) B.Boivin
- Panicum syzigachne Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.