Poaceae
Poginatherum crinitum
Pogonatherum crinitum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Pogonatherum
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 金丝草, 金絲草, 牛母草, 笔子草, 金丝茅, 黄毛草
- English
- Poginatherum crinitum
- Indonesian
- Rumput bambu
- Japanese
- イタチガヤ
- pwn
- Ljangaljangav, Ljangaljangaw
Synonyms
- Andropogon crinitus Thunb.
- Andropogon monandrus Roxb.
- Andropogon peduncularis Kunth
- Cinna filiformis Llanos
- Homoplitis crinita Trin.
- Ischaemum crinitum Trin.
- Panicum polystachyum Burm. ex Kunth
- Pogonatherum refractum Nees ex Hook. & Arn.
- Pogonatherum refractum Nees ex Hook. & Arn.
- Pogonatherum saccharoideum var. crinitum (Thunb.) T.A.William
- Pogonatherum saccharoideum var. monandrum (Roxb.) Hack.
- Pogonopsis tenera J.Presl
- Pollinia monandra (Roxb.) Spreng.
Photos
Photo: 天問 小窩, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 天問 小窩, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Casliber, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Poginatherum crinitum: 金絲草 Pogonatherum crinitum [香港西貢獅子會自然教育中心 Saikung, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/%E9%87%91%E7%B5%B2%E8%8D%89_Pogonatherum_crinitum_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%A5%BF%E8%B2%A2%E7%8D%85%E5%AD%90%E6%9C%83%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83_Saikung%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289261991244%29.jpg/1280px-%E9%87%91%E7%B5%B2%E8%8D%89_Pogonatherum_crinitum_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%A5%BF%E8%B2%A2%E7%8D%85%E5%AD%90%E6%9C%83%E8%87%AA%E7%84%B6%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2%E4%B8%AD%E5%BF%83_Saikung%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289261991244%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.