Poaceae
Longstalk umbrellagrass
Enteropogon dolichostachyus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Enteropogon
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Enteropogon dolichostachyusPoaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 肠须草, 腸鬚草
- English
- Longstalk umbrellagrass
Synonyms
- Chloris digitata (Roxb.) Steud.
- Chloris dolichostachya Lag.
- Chloris incompleta Roth
- Chloris mearnsii Merr.
- Chloris medinipurensis D.K.Dey, Pati & D.C.Pal
- Chloris panicea Willd.
- Chloris radiata B.Heyne ex Roth
- Chloris roxburghii Edgew.
- Chloris tetrameris Trin.
- Ctenium digitatum (Roxb.) Spreng.
- Cynodon elongatus Trin.
- Digitaria elongata (Trin.) Spreng.
- Gymnopogon digitatus Nees ex Steud.
- Gymnopogon elongatus Nees ex Steud.
- Lophacme incompleta (Roth) Chiov.
- Melica digitata Roxb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
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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.