Poaceae
Big sacaton
Sporobolus wrightii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sporobolus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 粗野鼠尾粟
- English
- Big sacaton
Synonyms
- Bauchea karwinskyi E.Fourn.
- Bauchea karwinskyi E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.
- Epicampes crassiculmis Piper
- Sporobolus airoides var. wrightii (Scribn.) Gould
- Sporobolus altissimus Vasey ex Brandegee
- Sporobolus altissimus var. minor Vasey
- Sporobolus eminens J.Presl
- Sporobolus expansus Scribn.
- Sporobolus schaffneri Mez
- Vilfa eminens (J.Presl) Steud.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: CK Kelly, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.