Poaceae
Rough dropseed
Sporobolus clandestinus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
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Sporobolus clandestinusPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Rough dropseed
Synonyms
- Agrostis clandestina Biehler
- Muhlenbergia clandestina (Biehler) Trin.
- Sporobolus asper var. canovirens (Nash) Shinners
- Sporobolus asper var. clandestinus (Biehler) Shinners
- Sporobolus canovirens Nash
- Sporobolus clandestinus var. canovirens (Nash) Steyerm. & C.L.Kucera
- Sporobolus compositus var. clandestinus (Biehler) Wipff & S.D.Jones
- Vilfa clandestina (Biehler) Nees ex Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.