Poaceae
Red false beardgrass
Chrysopogon fulvus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Chrysopogon
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Red false beardgrass, Reddish-yellow beardgrass, mountain beardgrass
Synonyms
- Andropogon montanus J.Koenig ex Trin.
- Andropogon monticola Schult. & Schult.f.
- Andropogon sprengelii Kunth
- Chrysopogon montanus Trin.
- Chrysopogon monticola (Schult. & Schult.f.) Haines
- Pollinia fulva Spreng.
- Sorghum monticola (Schult. & Schult.f.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: MGB CEE, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shahid Nawaz Landge, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shahid Nawaz Landge, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shahid Nawaz Landge, CC BY-SA 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.