Poaceae
Madagascar dropseed
Sporobolus pyramidatus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 具枕鼠尾粟
- English
- Madagascar dropseed
Synonyms
- Agrostis humifusa (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.
- Agrostis pyramidalis Rich. ex Steud.
- Agrostis pyramidata Lam.
- Sporobolus affinis Kunth
- Sporobolus argutus (Nees) Kunth
- Sporobolus argutus f. purpurascens Hack.
- Sporobolus argutus var. tuberculatus (Hack.) Hack.
- Sporobolus arkansanus Nutt. ex Vasey
- Sporobolus humifusus (Kunth) Kunth
- Sporobolus patens Swallen
- Sporobolus pulvinatus Swallen
- Sporobolus sabeanus Buckley ex Vasey
- Sporobolus tuberculatus Hack.
- Vilfa affinis Steud.
- Vilfa agrostidea Buckley
- Vilfa ambigua Steud.
- Vilfa arguta Nees
- Vilfa arkansana Trin.
- Vilfa elatior Nees
- Vilfa humifusa Kunth
- Vilfa richardii Steud.
- Vilfa sabeana Buckley
- Vilfa subpyramidata Trin.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.