Poaceae
Spiked crinkleawn
Trachypogon spicatus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Trachypogon
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Spiked crinkleawn
Synonyms
- Andropogon angustifolius Kunth
- Andropogon canescens (Nees) Kunth
- Andropogon canus Steud.
- Andropogon dactyloides Steud.
- Andropogon digitatus Hochst. ex Steud.
- Andropogon dissolutus (Nees) Steud.
- Andropogon fundaensis Vanderyst
- Andropogon laxiflorus Steud.
- Andropogon ligularis (Nees) Kunth
- Andropogon megapotamicus Spreng.
- Andropogon mollis (Nees) Kunth
- Andropogon montufarii Kunth
- Andropogon plumosus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Andropogon secundus (J.Presl) Kunth
- Andropogon spicatus (L.f.) Steud.
- Andropogon stenophyllus Roem. & Schult.
- Andropogon stipoides (J.Presl) Kunth
- Andropogon tortus Willd. ex Steud.
- Andropogon trichospirus Hack.
- Andropogon truncatus Steud.
- Andropogon vestitus Steud.
- Heteropogon megapotamicus (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Heteropogon secundus J.Presl
- Heteropogon stipoides J.Presl
- Heteropogon truncatus Nees
- Milium strictum Willd. ex Steud.
- Sorghum plumosum (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kuntze
- Sorghum vestitum Kuntze
- Stipa spicata L.f.
- Stipa spicata Walter
- Trachypogon angustifolius Nees
- Trachypogon canescens Nees
- Trachypogon capensis Trin.
- Trachypogon capensis subvar. mollis (Nees) Roberty
- Trachypogon capensis subvar. montufarii (Kunth) Roberty
- Trachypogon dactyloides (Steud.) E.Fourn.
- Trachypogon dactyloides (Steud.) E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.
- Trachypogon densus Swallen
- Trachypogon dissolutus Nees
- Trachypogon durus Stapf
and 56 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, 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.