Poaceae
Redtop panic grass
Coleataenia rigidula
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Coleataenia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Redtop panic grass, Redtop panicgrass
Synonyms
- Agrostis purpurascens Bertero ex Steud.
- Coleataenia condensa (Nash) Mohlenbr.
- Coleataenia longifolia subsp. rigidula (Bosc ex Nees) Soreng
- Coleataenia rigidula subsp. condensa (Nash) LeBlond
- Panicum agrostoides Muhl.
- Panicum agrostoides var. condensum (Nash) Fernald
- Panicum agrostoides var. ramosius (C.Mohr) Fernald
- Panicum condensum Nash
- Panicum contractum Trin. ex Steud.
- Panicum elongatum var. ramosius C.Mohr
- Panicum pseudanceps Nash
- Panicum rigidulum Bosc ex Nees
- Panicum rigidulum var. condensum (Nash) Mohlenbr.
- Sorengia longifolia subsp. rigidula (Bosc ex Nees) Zuloaga & Morrone
Photos

FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jennifer Schultz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Summit Metro Parks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: mark-groeneveld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Deana Tempest Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.