Poaceae
Chinese sprangletop
Leptochloa chinensis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Leptochloa
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 千金子, 油草
- English
- Chinese sprangletop
- Indonesian
- Timunan
- Japanese
- アゼガヤ
- Punjabi
- ਲੈਪਟੋਕਲੋਆ ਘਾਹ
- Thai
- หญ้ายอนหู
Synonyms
- Cynodon virgatus Willd.
- Cynosurus capillaceus P.Beauv.
- Dinebra chinensis (L.) P.M.Peterson & N.Snow
- Eleusine chinensis F.Muell.
- Leptochloa capillacea P.Beauv.
- Leptochloa eragrostoides Steud.
- Leptochloa tetraquetra J.Presl
- Poa chinensis L.
- Poa secundaria B.Heyne ex Hook.f.
- Poa sessilis Lam.
- Poa sinensis J.F.Gmel.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ping an Chang, 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.