Poaceae
Tropical dropseed
Sporobolus tenuissimus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
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Sporobolus tenuissimusPoaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 热带鼠尾粟, 熱帶鼠尾粟
- English
- Tropical dropseed
- Persian
- بذرانداز ظریف
Synonyms
- Agrosticula muralis Raddi
- Agrostis borbonica Steud.
- Agrostis minutiflora (Trin.) Desf. ex Steud.
- Aira tenuissima (Mart. ex Schrank) Spreng.
- Panicum tenuiflorum Schrank
- Panicum tenuissimum Mart. ex Schrank
- Sporobolus bibansiensis Vanderyst
- Sporobolus effusus Desv.
- Sporobolus mangaloricus Hochst. ex Miq.
- Sporobolus minutiflorus (Trin.) Link
- Sporobolus muralis (Raddi) Hitchc. & Chase
- Vilfa mangalorica Hochst. ex Miq.
- Vilfa mangalorica Hochst. ex Steud.
- Vilfa minutiflora Trin.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
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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.