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Nepalese browntop

Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A.Camus

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Microstegium

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Common names

By language (4)
Chinese
柔枝莠竹, 莠竹, 大穗莠竹, 网脉莠竹
English
Nepalese browntop, Japanese stiltgrass
Japanese
アシボソ
Persian
چمن جنگلی

Synonyms

  • Andropogon vimineus Trin.
  • Arthraxon lanceolatus Miq.
  • Arthraxon nodosus Kom.
  • Eulalia cantonensis (Rendle) Hitchc.
  • Eulalia viminea (Trin.) Kuntze
  • Eulalia viminea var. imberbis (Nees ex Steud.) Kuntze
  • Eulalia viminea var. variabilis Kuntze
  • Microstegium aristulatum Robyns & Tournay
  • Microstegium cantonense (Rendle) A.Camus
  • Microstegium debile (Balansa) A.Camus
  • Microstegium dilatatum Koidz.
  • Microstegium imberbe (Nees ex Steud.) Tzvelev
  • Microstegium nodosum (Kom.) Tzvelev
  • Microstegium reticulatum B.S.Sun ex H.Peng & X.Yang
  • Microstegium vimineum f. polystachyum (Franch. & Sav.) T.Koyama
  • Microstegium vimineum f. willdenowianum (Nees) Osada
  • Microstegium vimineum subsp. nodosum (Kom.) Tzvelev
  • Microstegium vimineum var. imberbe (Nees ex Steud.) Honda
  • Microstegium vimineum var. loharkhetianum Kandwal & B.K.Gupta
  • Microstegium vimineum var. monostachyum (Franch. & Sav.) Nakai
  • Microstegium vimineum var. polystachyum (Franch. & Sav.) Ohwi
  • Microstegium vimineum var. vimineum
  • Microstegium vimineum var. willdenovianum (Nees) E.G.Camus & A.Camus
  • Microstegium vimineum var. willdenowianum (Nees) Sur
  • Microstegium willdenovianum Nees
  • Pollinia cantonensis Rendle
  • Pollinia debile Balansa
  • Pollinia debilis Balansa
  • Pollinia dilatata Koidz.
  • Pollinia imberbis Nees ex Steud.
  • Pollinia imberbis f. glabriflora Nakai
  • Pollinia imberbis f. monostachya (Franch. & Sav.) Hack. ex Nakai
  • Pollinia imberbis subvar. latifolia Matsuda
  • Pollinia imberbis var. geniculata Hack. ex Makino & Nemoto
  • Pollinia imberbis var. willdenoviana (Nees) Hack.
  • Pollinia imberbis var. willdenowiana (Nees ex Lindl.) Hack.
  • Pollinia japonica var. monostachya Franch. & Sav.
  • Pollinia japonica var. polystachya Franch. & Sav.
  • Pollinia viminea (Trin.) Merr.
  • Pollinia willdenowiana (Nees) Benth.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

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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.