Poaceae
Bristly dogstail grass
Cynosurus echinatus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cynosurus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- ذيل الكلب القنفذي
- Bulgarian
- Четинест сеноклас
- Czech
- Poháňka ježatá
- Dutch
- Stekelkamgras
- English
- Bristly dogstail grass
- Finnish
- Vihnesukapää
- French
- Crételle hérissée, Crételle épineuse
- German
- Grannen-Kammgras, Igel-Kammgras
- Macedonian
- Честинеста кикиришка
- Swedish
- Taggäxing
- Welsh
- Rhonwellt-y-ci pigog
Synonyms
- Chrysurus echinatus (L.) P.Beauv.
- Chrysurus echinatus var. purpurascens Ten.
- Chrysurus echinatus var. purpureus Gray
- Chrysurus giganteus Ten.
- Cynosurus castagnei Jord. ex Martrin-Donos
- Cynosurus echinatus f. foliosus Bolzon
- Cynosurus echinatus subsp. hystrix (Pomel) Trab.
- Cynosurus echinatus subsp. purpurascens (Ten.) Arcang.
- Cynosurus echinatus var. diklicii Gajic
- Cynosurus echinatus var. erroneus (Jord. ex Martrin-Donos) Gaut.
- Cynosurus echinatus var. giganteus (Ten.) Mutel
- Cynosurus echinatus var. hystrix (Pomel) Maire
- Cynosurus echinatus var. oblongus Mutel
- Cynosurus echinatus var. purpureus P.Palau
- Cynosurus echinatus var. tangerinus Pau
- Cynosurus echinatus var. thracicus Podp.
- Cynosurus effusus var. hystrix (Pomel) Maire
- Cynosurus erroneus Jord. ex Martrin-Donos
- Cynosurus giganteus Nyman
- Cynosurus hystrix Pomel
- Cynosurus pygmaeus Porta
- Falona echinata (L.) Dumort.
- Phalona castagnei Fourr.
- Phalona echinata (L.) Dumort.
- Phalona echinata (L.) Dumort.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.