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Dichanthium caricosum (L.) A.Camus

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Dichanthium

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Dichanthium caricosum: Dichanthium caricosum in the United States
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Arabic
حمرور الجبل
Chinese
单穗草
Urdu
حمرور الجبل

Synonyms

  • Andropogon annulatus var. subrepens Hack.
  • Andropogon binatus Roxb.
  • Andropogon caricosus L.
  • Andropogon caricosus subsp. genuinus Hack.
  • Andropogon curvatus Russell ex Wall.
  • Andropogon depressus Steud.
  • Andropogon filiformis Pers.
  • Andropogon serratus Retz.
  • Andropogon tenellus Roxb.
  • Apocopis pallidus Hook.f.
  • Dichanthium caricosum var. bilobum Y.Mahesh, Rasingam & J.Swamy
  • Dichanthium caricosum var. theinlwinii (Bor) de Wet & Harlan
  • Dichanthium pallidum (Hook.f.) Stapf ex C.E.C.Fisch.
  • Dichanthium theinlwinii Bor
  • Heteropogon concinnus Thwaites
  • Heteropogon tenellus (Roxb.) Schult.
  • Lepeocercis serrata Trin.
  • Sorghum caricosum (L.) Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid

Photos

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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.