Poaceae
Pitted beardgrass
Bothriochloa pertusa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bothriochloa
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 孔穎草, 孔颖草, 小孔颖草
- English
- Pitted beardgrass
Synonyms
- Amphilophis pertusa (L.) Stapf
- Amphilophis pertusa var. barbata (A.Camus) E.G.Camus & A.Camus
- Andropogon armillaris Willd. ex Steud.
- Andropogon pertusus (L.) Willd.
- Andropogon pertusus var. barbatus A.Camus
- Andropogon pertusus var. wightii Hack.
- Bothriochloa nana W.Z.Fang
- Dichanthium ischaemum subvar. pertusum (L.) Roberty
- Dichanthium pertusum (L.) Clayton
- Elionurus pertusus Nees ex Steud.
- Holcus pertusus L.
- Lepeocercis pertusa (L.) Hassk.
- Sorghum pertusum (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, 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.