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Browntop signalgrass

Urochloa fusca (Sw.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Urochloa

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Browntop signalgrass: Urochloa fusca (accession LBJWC-52) greenhouse grown plant with no inflorescences visible
Photo: James Schnable, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Browntop signalgrass
Swedish
Knipphirs

Synonyms

  • Brachiaria fasciculata (Sw.) Parodi
  • Brachiaria fasciculata var. carthaginensis (Sw.) Beetle
  • Brachiaria fasciculata var. reticulata (Torr.) Vickery
  • Brachiaria fasciculata var. stricta (Döll) Beetle
  • Digitaria miliacea Willd. ex Steud.
  • Panicum carthaginense Sw.
  • Panicum chartaginense Sw.
  • Panicum fasciculatum Sw.
  • Panicum fasciculatum var. carthaginense (Sw.) Döll
  • Panicum fasciculatum var. flavescens (Sw.) Döll
  • Panicum fasciculatum var. fuscum (Sw.) Döll
  • Panicum fasciculatum var. genuinum Döll
  • Panicum fasciculatum var. reticulatum (Torr.) Beal
  • Panicum fasciculatum var. strictum Döll
  • Panicum fastigiatum Poir.
  • Panicum flavescens Sw.
  • Panicum fuscatum J.Presl ex Steud.
  • Panicum fuscorubens Lam.
  • Panicum fuscum Sw.
  • Panicum fuscum var. reticulatum (Torr.) Scribn. & Merr.
  • Panicum illinoniense Desv.
  • Panicum nigricans Willd. ex Spreng.
  • Panicum reticulatum Torr.
  • Panicum reticulatum Griseb.
  • Panicum spithamaeum Willd. ex Nees
  • Panicum spithameum Willd. ex Steud.
  • Panicum spithamineum Willd. ex Steud.
  • Panicum thouarsianum Nees ex Steud.
  • Urochloa fasciculata var. reticulata (Torr.) R.D.Webster
  • Urochloa fusca var. reticulata (Torr.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin

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.