Poaceae
Stalked bur grass
Tragus racemosus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Tragus
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Common names
By language (12)
- Bulgarian
- Ягло
- Chinese
- 锋芒草, 大虱子草
- Czech
- Bodloplev hroznatý
- English
- Stalked bur grass, Stalked burr grass
- Finnish
- Hiekkakoukkuheinä
- German
- Traubiges Klettengras
- Hungarian
- Bugás tövisperje
- Japanese
- シラミシバ
- Persian
- بزدندان
- Romanian
- Scăiță
- Swedish
- Piprensargräs
- Welsh
- Glaswellt pigog Ewrop
Synonyms
- Aira malatrina Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Cenchrus linearis Lam.
- Cenchrus racemosus L.
- Lappago biflora Roxb.
- Lappago decipiens Fig. & De Not.
- Lappago racemosa (L.) Honck.
- Nazia racemosa (L.) Kuntze
- Phalaris muricata Forssk.
- Tragus adriaticus Gand.
- Tragus arenarius Bremek. & Oberm.
- Tragus biflorus Schult.
- Tragus brevicaulis Boiss.
- Tragus decipiens (Fig. & De Not.) Boiss.
- Tragus echinatus Cav.
- Tragus halleri Döll
- Tragus muricatus Moench
- Tragus orientalis Nees
- Tragus pallens Gand.
- Tragus paucispina Hack.
- Tragus racemosus f. divaricatus Döll
- Tragus racemosus f. erectus Döll
- Tragus racemosus var. biflorus Hack.
- Tragus racemosus var. decipiens (Fig. & De Not.) T.Durand & Schinz
- Tragus racemosus var. erectus Mutel
- Tragus racemosus var. longispicula Döll
- Tragus racemosus var. paucispinus (Hack.) Maire
- Tragus racemosus var. remotus Suess.
Flowers
- In flower
- April, July to October (from 20 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ina Siebert, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KAnatoliy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lazkov G, Sennikov A, Naumenko A, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dino Babić, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lazkov G, Sennikov A, Naumenko A, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denys Vynokurov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.