Poaceae
Judd's grass
Leptochloa virgata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Leptochloa
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Judd's grass
Synonyms
- Bromus capillaris Moench
- Chloris digitaria Kunth
- Chloris gracilis Kunth
- Chloris poiformis Kunth
- Cynodon domingense (Jacq.) Raspail
- Cynodon domingensis (Jacq.) Raspail
- Cynodon virgatus (L.) Raspail
- Cynosurus domingensis Jacq.
- Cynosurus virgatus L.
- Diplachne domingensis (Jacq.) Chapm.
- Eleusine digitaria (Kunth) Willd. ex Steud.
- Eleusine domingensis (Jacq.) Pers.
- Eleusine gracilis Spreng.
- Eleusine unioloides Willd. ex Steud.
- Eleusine virgata (L.) Pers.
- Festuca domingensis (Jacq.) Lam.
- Festuca virgata (L.) Lam.
- Leptochloa chinensis var. aristata Buse
- Leptochloa digitaria Nees
- Leptochloa domingensis (Jacq.) Trin.
- Leptochloa gracilis (G.Mey.) Nees
- Leptochloa mutica Steud.
- Leptochloa perennis Hack.
- Leptochloa procera Nees
- Leptochloa procera var. major Brongn.
- Leptochloa procera var. minor Brongn.
- Leptochloa villosa Ekman
- Leptochloa virgata f. nana Lindm.
- Leptochloa virgata var. aristata E.Fourn.
- Leptochloa virgata var. domingensis (Jacq.) Griseb.
- Leptochloa virgata var. gracilis (G.Mey.) Griseb.
- Leptochloa virgata var. intermedia E.Fourn.
- Leptochloa virgata var. mutica (Steud.) Döll
- Leptochloa virgata var. puberula Hack.
- Leptochloa virgata var. virgata
- Leptostachys digitaria (Kunth) G.Mey.
- Leptostachys domingensis (Jacq.) G.Mey.
- Leptostachys gracilis G.Mey.
- Leptostachys virgata (L.) G.Mey.
- Oxydenia virgata Nutt.
and 2 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos

Photo: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.