Poaceae
Poverty dropseed
Sporobolus vaginiflorus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Poverty dropseed, Poverty grass, Sheathed dropseed
Synonyms
- Agrostis vaginiflora (Torr. ex A.Gray) Torr. ex A.Gray
- Cryptostachys vaginata Steud.
- Sporobolus airoides var. minor (Vasey) Beetle
- Sporobolus filiculmis L.H.Dewey
- Sporobolus minor Vasey
- Sporobolus ovatus Beal
- Sporobolus vaginatus (Steud.) Scribn.
- Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. inaequalis Fernald
- Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. minor Scribn.
- Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. vaginiflorus
- Vilfa riehlii Steud.
- Vilfa vaginiflora Torr. ex A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: CJChapm, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.