Poaceae
Sand dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sand dropseed
Synonyms
- Agrostis cryptandra Torr.
- Sporobolus cryptandrus subsp. fuscicolor (Hook.) E.K.Jones & Fassett
- Sporobolus cryptandrus var. cryptandrus
- Sporobolus cryptandrus var. fuscicolor (Hook.) E.K.Jones & Fassett
- Sporobolus cryptandrus var. fuscicolor (Hook.) R.W.Pohl
- Sporobolus cryptandrus var. involutus Farw.
- Sporobolus cryptandrus var. occidentalis E.K.Jones & Fassett
- Sporobolus cryptandrus var. typicus E.K.Jones & Fassett
- Sporobolus cryptandrus var. vaginatus Lunell
- Sporobolus subinclusus Phil.
- Sporobolus subinclusus var. expansus Parodi
- Vilfa cryptandra (Torr.) Trin.
- Vilfa tenacissima var. fuscicolor Hook.
- Vilfa triniana Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 20 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jonny Tostenson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KAnatoliy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Austin Saunders, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.