Poaceae
Foxtail pricklegrass
Sporobolus alopecuroides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Foxtail pricklegrass
- French
- Crypside faux vulpin
- Romanian
- Ghiimpariță
Synonyms
- Agrostis brachystachys (C.Presl) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Alopecurus fulvus Forssk. ex Steud.
- Alopecurus geniculatus Sibth. ex Steud.
- Chilochloa explicata (Link) Roem. & Schult.
- Crypsis aegyptiaca Tausch
- Crypsis alopecuroides (Piller & Mitterp.) Schrad.
- Crypsis alopecuroides subsp. brachystachys (C.Presl) Trab.
- Crypsis alopecuroides var. celakovskyi Rohlena
- Crypsis alopecuroides var. nigricans (Guss.) Coss.
- Crypsis alopecuroides var. sicula (Jan) Asch. & Graebn.
- Crypsis alopecuroides var. tenella Heuff.
- Crypsis brachystachys Trab.
- Crypsis explicata (Link) F.Herm.
- Crypsis geniculata Roem. & Schult.
- Crypsis macrostachya Brot.
- Crypsis nigricans Guss.
- Crypsis phalaroides M.Bieb.
- Crypsis schoenoides Hochst. ex Steud.
- Crypsis sicula Jan
- Crypsis tenella Pančić
- Crypsis tenuissima Tausch
- Heleochloa alopecuroides f. subvaginata Hack.
- Heleochloa alopecuroides var. celakovskyi (Rohlena) Soó
- Heleochloa alopecuroides var. nigricans (Guss.) Soó
- Heleochloa brachystachys (C.Presl) K.Richt.
- Heleochloa explicata (Link) Hack. ex Fritsch
- Phalaris explicata Link
- Phalaris geniculata Sm.
- Phleum alopecuroides Piller & Mitterp.
- Vilfa brachystachys C.Presl
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, 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). About our plant data.