Poaceae
Wild sugarcane
Saccharum spontaneum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Saccharum
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- بوص, حلفا
- Burmese
- ကိုင်းပင်
- Chinese
- 甜根子草
- English
- Wild sugarcane, Kans grass, Wild sugar cane
- French
- Canne a Sucre Fourragere, Canne Sauvage
- Indonesian
- Tibarau
- Spanish
- Caña de azúcar silvestre
- Tamil
- குசப்புல், தருப்பை, தர்ப்பை
- Vietnamese
- Cây đế
Synonyms
- Imperata spontanea (L.) P.Beauv.
- Saccharifera spontanea (L.) Stokes
- Saccharum angustifolium Reinw. ex de Vriese
- Saccharum spontaneum subsp. indicum Hack.
- Saccharum spontaneum var. spontaneum
Flowers
- In flower
- August to November (from 64 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 高山田鼠, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: chen ying-hsiao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Judgefloro, CC BY-SA 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.