Poaceae
Thatching grass
Hyparrhenia hirta
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hyparrhenia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- حمرور أشعر, حميرة, صخبر, صفصوف, نماص
- arz
- حمرور اشعر
- Catalan
- Albellatge
- Chinese
- 紅鞘草, 红鞘草
- Czech
- Vousatice chlupatá
- English
- Thatching grass, Coolatai grass
- French
- Barbon hérissé
- Hausa
- Gajiri
- Hebrew
- זקנן שעיר
- Japanese
- ヒパルレニア・ヒルタ
- Persian
- نریشت
- Spanish
- Cebruna, Pajameca, Triguera borde, Trigueras
Synonyms
- Andropogon ambiguus Gennari ex Barbey
- Andropogon ambiguus Gennari
- Andropogon collinus Lojac.
- Andropogon dalmaticus Gand.
- Andropogon giganteus Ten.
- Andropogon giganteus (Chiov.) Eyles
- Andropogon hirsutus var. pubescens Husn.
- Andropogon hirtus L.
- Andropogon hirtus subsp. pubescens (Vis.) K.Richt.
- Andropogon hirtus var. angustissimus Mutel
- Andropogon hirtus var. glabriglumis Oppenh.
- Andropogon hirtus var. glaucus Schrad.
- Andropogon hirtus var. glaucus Nábelek
- Andropogon hirtus var. longiaristatus Willk. & Lange
- Andropogon hirtus var. podotrichus (Hochst. ex Steud.) Hack.
- Andropogon hirtus var. pubescens (Andersson) Vis.
- Andropogon hirtus var. velutinus Goiran
- Andropogon modicus De Wild.
- Andropogon pichleri Gand.
- Andropogon pilosus Dufour ex Roem. & Schult.
- Andropogon podotrichus Hochst. ex Steud.
- Andropogon podotrichus Hochst.
- Andropogon pubescens Vis.
- Andropogon pubescens var. breviaristata Sennen
- Andropogon sinaicus Delile
- Andropogon transvaalensis Stapf
- Anthistiria vulcanica Steud.
- Cymbopogon hirtus (L.) Nees ex Baker
- Cymbopogon hirtus (L.) Thomson
- Cymbopogon hirtus f. pubescens (Andersson) Hayek
- Cymbopogon hirtus subsp. villosus (Pignatti) Pignatti
- Cymbopogon modicus De Wild.
- Cymbopogon pubescens (Vis.) Fritsch
- Cymbopogon transvaalensis (Stapf) Stapf
- Heteropogon hirtus Andersson
- Heteropogon pubescens Andersson
- Hyparrhenia hirta f. brachyphylla Paunero
- Hyparrhenia hirta f. podotricha (Hochst.) Maire & Weiller
- Hyparrhenia hirta f. pubescens (Andersson) Maire & Weiller
- Hyparrhenia hirta subsp. pubescens (Andersson) Paunero
and 11 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Pere prlpz, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Fernández García, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.