Poaceae

Smilograss

Piptatherum miliaceum Coss.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Piptatherum

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Common names

By language (6)

Catalan: Herba nuosa
Croatian: Oloptum miliaceum
English: Smilograss
Finnish: Häiveripoheinä
German: Gewöhnlicher Grannenreis, Oloptum miliaceum
Hebrew: נשרן הדוחן

Synonyms

Milium multiflorum var. multiflorum
Milium multiflorum var. thomasii (Duby) Goiran
Nassella multiflora (Cav.) Druce
Oryzopsis miliacea f. pauciflora (Bég. & Vacc.) Maire & Weiller
Piptatherum miliaceum subsp. miliaceum
Piptatherum miliaceum subsp. thomasii (Duby) Freitag
Piptatherum miliaceum var. thomasii (Duby) Lamotte
Urachne comosa Trin.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.