Poaceae
Blackseed speargrass
Piptochaetium avenaceum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Piptochaetium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Blackseed speargrass
Synonyms
- Piptochaetium avenacellum Barkworth
- Piptochaetium leianthum (Hitchc.) Beetle
- Podopogon avenaceus (L.) Raf.
- Podopogon barbatus (Pers.) Raf.
- Stipa avenacea L.
- Stipa avenacea var. avenacea
- Stipa avenacea var. bicolor Eaton & Wright
- Stipa barbata Michx.
- Stipa diffusa Willd. ex Steud.
- Stipa leiantha Hitchc.
- Stipa virginica Pers.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 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.