Poaceae
Hippo grass
Echinochloa stagnina
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Echinochloa
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bambara
- Buluku
- English
- Hippo grass, Burgu millet
- Finnish
- Jokikananhirssi
- French
- Borgou, Bourgou
- Swedish
- Borstig hönshirs
- Thai
- หญ้าข้าวนกใหญ่
Synonyms
- Echinochloa barbata Vanderyst
- Echinochloa crus-galli var. sieberiana (Asch. & Schweinf.) A.Chev.
- Echinochloa crus-galli var. stolonifera (Schweinf. & Muschl.) A.Chev.
- Echinochloa crus-galli var. stoloniferum (Schweinf. & Muschl.) A.Chev.
- Echinochloa hostii Steven ex Link
- Echinochloa lelievrei (A.Chev.) Berhaut
- Echinochloa malakuensis Vanderyst
- Echinochloa oryzetorum (A.Chev.) A.Chev.
- Echinochloa scabra Roem. & Schult.
- Oplismenus scaber Kunth
- Oplismenus stagninus Kunth
- Orthopogon stagninus Spreng.
- Panicum burgu A.Chev.
- Panicum burgu var. submuticum (Franch.) A.Chev.
- Panicum crus-galli var. leiostachyum Franch.
- Panicum crus-galli var. maximum Franch.
- Panicum crus-galli var. sieberianum Asch. & Schweinf.
- Panicum crus-galli var. stagninum (Retz.) Trimen
- Panicum crus-galli var. stagninum Kuntze
- Panicum crus-galli var. stoloniferum Schweinf. & Muschl.
- Panicum crus-galli var. submuticum Franch.
- Panicum galli Thunb.
- Panicum lelieveri var. leiostachyum (Franch.) A.Chev.
- Panicum lelievrei A.Chev.
- Panicum oryzetorum A.Chev.
- Panicum oryzetum A.Chev.
- Panicum scabrum Lam.
- Panicum scabrum subsp. burgu (A.Chev.) A.Chev.
- Panicum scabrum subsp. lelievrei A.Chev.
- Panicum scabrum subsp. oryzetorum A.Chev.
- Panicum scabrum subsp. stagninum (Retz.) A.Chev.
- Panicum scabrum var. franchetii A.Chev.
- Panicum scabrum var. leiostachyum (Franch.) A.Chev.
- Panicum scabrum var. submuticum (Franch.) A.Chev.
- Panicum sieberianum (Asch. & Schweinf.) Sickenb.
- Panicum stagninum Retz.
- Panicum stagninum var. burgu (A.Chev.) Chev.
- Panicum subaristatum Peter
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bat, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bat, CC0, 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.