Poaceae
Needle Indiangrass
Sorghastrum stipoides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sorghastrum
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Sorghastrum stipoidesPoaceae
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Common names
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- English
- Needle Indiangrass
Synonyms
- Andropogon domingensis Steud.
- Andropogon humboldtianus Steud.
- Andropogon nutans var. burchellii Hack.
- Andropogon nutans var. stipoides (Kunth) Hack.
- Andropogon stipoides Kunth
- Andropogon trichopus Stapf
- Chrysopogon stipoides (Kunth) Benth.
- Dipogon avenaceus Willd. ex Steud.
- Sorghastrum rigidifolium (Stapf) Chippind.
- Sorghastrum rigidifolium Swallen
- Sorghastrum stipoides subsp. stipoides
- Sorghastrum trichopus (Stapf) Pilg.
- Sorghastrum trollii Pilg.
- Sorghum nutans var. burchellii Hack.
- Sorghum nutans var. stipoides (Kunth) Hack.
- Sorghum rigidifolium Stapf
- Sorghum rigidifolium var. microstachyum Stapf
- Sorghum trichopus (Stapf) Stapf
- Stipa microsperma Willd. ex Steud.
- Trachypogon stipoides (Kunth) Nees
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
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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.