Poaceae
Browntop signalgrass
Urochloa fusca
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Urochloa
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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
Photos
Photo: James Schnable, 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.