Poaceae
Viper grass
Dinebra retroflexa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dinebra
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 弯穗草, 彎穗草
- Czech
- Shloučenka arabská
- English
- Viper grass
- Finnish
- Afrikanhäntäheinä
- Persian
- شانه چمن
- Swedish
- Julgransgräs
Synonyms
- Cynosurus retroflexus Vahl
- Dactylis paspaloides Willd.
- Dinebra aegyptiaca Delile
- Dinebra paspaloides P.Beauv.
- Leptochloa arabica Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: lewahouse, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jahnavee Palsodkar, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: susan brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.