Poaceae
False Rhodes grass
Leptochloa crinita
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Leptochloa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- False Rhodes grass
Synonyms
- Chloris crinita Lag.
- Chloris mendocina Phil.
- Chloris trichodes Lag. ex Parodi
- Chloropsis blanchardiana (Hack.) Kuntze
- Chloropsis crinita (Lag.) Kuntze
- Chloropsis fasciculata (E.Fourn.) Kuntze
- Chloropsis mendocina (Phil.) Kuntze
- Leptochloris crinita Munro ex Kuntze
- Leptochloris greggii Munro ex Merr.
- Trichloris blanchardiana Hack.
- Trichloris crinita (Lag.) Parodi
- Trichloris crinita var. triflora Parodi
- Trichloris crinita var. typica Parodi
- Trichloris fasciculata E.Fourn.
- Trichloris mendocina (Phil.) Kurtz
- Trichloris mendocina f. blanchardiana (Hack.) Kurtz
- Trichloris verticillata E.Fourn. ex Vasey
Photos

Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, 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). About our plant data.