Poaceae
Dominican signalgrass
Urochloa adspersa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Urochloa
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Urochloa adspersaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Dominican signalgrass
Synonyms
- Brachiaria adspersa (Trin.) Parodi
- Panicum adspersum Trin.
- Panicum adspersum var. exile Lindm.
- Panicum adspersum var. neesii Lindm.
- Panicum caespitosum Spreng. ex Steud.
- Panicum keyense Mez
- Panicum thomasianum Döll
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
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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.