Poaceae
Smut grass
Sporobolus indicus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 印度鼠尾粟
- Czech
- Opadavec indický
- Dutch
- Rattenstaartgras
- English
- Smut grass
- French
- Sporobole tenace
- German
- Indisches Fallsamengras
- Swedish
- Indiskt droppgräs
- Tongan
- Fisihina
Synonyms
- Agrostis elongata Lam.
- Agrostis indica L.
- Agrostis orientalis Nees
- Agrostis tenacissima L.f.
- Agrostis tenuissima Spreng.
- Andropogon intortus Crantz
- Paspalum lanceifolium Desv.
- Paspalum parviflorum Desv.
- Sporobolus angustus Buckley
- Sporobolus berteroanus (Trin.) Hitchc. & Chase
- Sporobolus exilis (Trin.) Balansa
- Sporobolus indicus f. africanoides Jovet & Guédès
- Sporobolus indicus f. indicus
- Sporobolus indicus f. microspiculus Jovet & Guédès
- Sporobolus indicus subsp. indicus
- Sporobolus indicus var. andinus Renvoize
- Sporobolus indicus var. exilis (Trin.) T.Koyama
- Sporobolus indicus var. indicus
- Sporobolus indicus var. tenacissimus (L.f.) Peter
- Sporobolus lamarckii Ham.
- Sporobolus orientalis Kunth
- Sporobolus tenacissimus (L.f.) P.Beauv.
- Vilfa angusta Buckley
- Vilfa berteroana Trin.
- Vilfa elongata P.Beauv.
- Vilfa exilis Trin.
- Vilfa indica (L.) Trin. ex Steud.
- Vilfa orientalis Nees ex Trin.
- Vilfa tenacissima (L.f.) Kunth
- Vilfa tenacissima var. exilis (Trin.) E.Fourn.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to May (from 134 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: James Ray, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: angel rojas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Fabrice Rubio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Céline ROYERE, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.