Poaceae
Annual rabbitsfoot grass
Polypogon monspeliensis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Polypogon
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- ذنب الفار, ذيل الفار
- Bulgarian
- Монпелийски полипогон
- Chinese
- 長芒棒頭草, 长芒棒头草
- Czech
- Vousec středomořský
- Dutch
- Baardgras
- English
- Annual rabbitsfoot grass, Annual beard-grass, Annual bearded-grass
- Finnish
- Ranskansukaheinä
- grc
- Ἀλωπέκουρος
- Korean
- 갯쇠돌피
- lah
- لومبڑ گھاہ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bartegress
- nv
- Dlodziłgaii bitseeʼ, Chʼil dínéesą́yi
- Persian
- علف داسه
- Polish
- Polipogon montpeliański
- Punjabi
- ਲੂੰਬੜ ਘਾਹ
- Russian
- Многобородник монпелиенский, Многобородник монпельинский
- Swedish
- Skäggräs
- Welsh
- Barfwellt unflwydd
Synonyms
- Agrostis alopecuroides Lam.
- Agrostis crinita Moench
- Agrostis panicea (L.) Aiton
- Agrostis panicea var. major Aiton
- Agrostis tenuissima Vest ex Steud.
- Agrostis triaristata Knapp
- Alopecurus aristatus Gouan
- Alopecurus aristatus var. monspeliensis (L.) Huds.
- Alopecurus aristatus var. paniceus (L.) Huds.
- Alopecurus monspeliensis L.
- Alopecurus paniceus (L.) L.
- Cynosurus paniceus L.
- Milium paniceum (L.) Host
- Panicum aristatum Cav. ex Willk. & Lange
- Panicum tenuissimum Vest ex Steud.
- Panicum vagum Scop.
- Phalaris aristata Gouan ex P.Beauv.
- Phalaris crinita Forssk.
- Phalaris cristata Forssk.
- Phleum crinitum Schreb.
- Phleum crinitum Roxb.
- Phleum monspeliense (L.) Koeler
- Polypogon alopecurus Bubani
- Polypogon crinitus Nutt.
- Polypogon flavescens J.Presl
- Polypogon intermedius Guss. ex Nyman
- Polypogon maritimus var. paniceus (L.) DC.
- Polypogon melillensis Sennen
- Polypogon monspeliensis f. argentinus Hack.
- Polypogon monspeliensis f. nanus Stuck.
- Polypogon monspeliensis var. capensis Steud.
- Polypogon monspeliensis var. giganteus Font Quer
- Polypogon monspeliensis var. indicus Bhattacharya & S.K.Jain
- Polypogon monspeliensis var. intermedius (Guss.) Nyman
- Polypogon monspeliensis var. interruptus Trin.
- Polypogon monspeliensis var. major Kunth
- Polypogon monspeliensis var. maximus Lojac.
- Polypogon monspeliensis var. minor Mutel
- Polypogon monspeliensis var. pallens Nees
- Polypogon monspeliensis var. paniceus (L.) Gray
and 10 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philipp Weigell, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patricio Novoa Quezada from Valparaíso, Chile, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: עוזי פז, CC BY 2.5, 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.