Poaceae
Saltmarsh cordgrass
Sporobolus alterniflorus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Afrikaans
- Benede-soutmoerasgras
- Arabic
- عشب الحبل الناعم
- Chinese
- 互花米草
- Dutch
- Amerikaans slijkgras
- English
- Saltmarsh cordgrass, Smooth cordgrass, Atlantic cordgrass, Salt-water cordgrass
- French
- Spartine à feuilles alternes
- Japanese
- スパルティナ・アルテルニフロラ, ヒガタアシ
- Korean
- 갯쥐꼬리풀
- Portuguese
- Capim-marinho, Capim marinho, Capim paraturá, Capim-paraturá
- Swedish
- Amerikanskt marskgräs
- Welsh
- Cordwellt llyfn
Synonyms
- Dactylis fasciculata Lam.
- Dactylis maritima Walter
- Limnetis glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) Nutt.
- Rottboellia paniculata Salzm. ex Steud.
- Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
- Spartina alterniflora var. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) Fernald
- Spartina alterniflora var. pilosa (Merr.) Fernald
- Spartina bahiensis Steud.
- Spartina brasiliensis Raddi
- Spartina dissitiflora Steud.
- Spartina fasciculata (Lam.) P.Beauv.
- Spartina glabra var. alterniflora (Loisel.) Merr.
- Spartina glabra var. pilosa Merr.
- Spartina laevigata Bosc ex Link
- Spartina maritima subsp. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) St.-Yves
- Spartina maritima subvar. fallax St.-Yves
- Spartina maritima subvar. pilosa (Merr.) St.-Yves
- Spartina maritima subvar. raddii St.-Yves
- Spartina maritima var. alterniflora (Loisel.) St.-Yves
- Spartina maritima var. brasiliensis (Raddi) St.-Yves
- Spartina maritima var. glabra (Muhl. ex Elliott) St.-Yves
- Spartina merrillii A.Chev.
- Spartina stricta var. alterniflora (Loisel.) A.Gray
- Spartina stricta var. maritima Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Trachynotia alterniflora (Loisel.) DC.
Photos
Photo: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 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.