Poaceae
Silky thatching grass
Hyparrhenia dregeana
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hyparrhenia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Silky thatching grass
Synonyms
- Andropogon acutus Stapf
- Andropogon auctus Stapf
- Andropogon dregeanus Nees
- Andropogon pilosissimus Hack.
- Cymbopogon micratherus Pilg.
- Hyparrhenia aucta (Stapf) Stapf ex Stent
- Hyparrhenia brachychaete Peter
- Hyparrhenia elongata Stapf
- Hyparrhenia micrathera (Pilg.) Pilger ex Peter
- Hyparrhenia phyllopoda Stapf
- Hyparrhenia pilosissima (Hack.) J.G.Anderson
- Hyparrhenia subaristata Peter
- Sorghum pilosissimum (Hack.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.