Poaceae
Silver beardgrass
Bothriochloa laguroides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bothriochloa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Silver beardgrass
Synonyms
- Andropogon laguriformis Griseb.
- Andropogon laguroides DC.
- Andropogon saccharoides subsp. laguroides (DC.) Hack.
- Andropogon saccharoides var. laguroides (DC.) Hack.
- Andropogon tenuirachis E.Fourn.
- Bothriochloa laguroides subsp. laguroides
- Bothriochloa laguroides var. laguroides
- Bothriochloa saccharoides var. laguroides (DC.) Beetle
- Calamagrostis megapotamica (Spreng.) Steud.
- Deyeuxia megapotamica Spreng.
- Dichanthium saccharoides subvar. laguroides (DC.) Roberty
- Holcus saccharoides var. laguroides (DC.) Stuck.
- Sorghum saccharoides subsp. laguroides (DC.) Kuntze
- Sorghum saccharoides var. laguroides (DC.) Kuntze
- Trachypogon laguroides (DC.) Nees
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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: Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0, 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.