Poaceae
Dixie signalgrass
Urochloa ramosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Urochloa
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 多枝臂形草
- English
- Dixie signalgrass, Browntop millet
- ff
- Baadeho
Synonyms
- Brachiaria chennaveeraiana Basappa & Muniy.
- Brachiaria marselinii Gawade & Gavade
- Brachiaria multispiculata H.Scholz
- Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf
- Brachiaria ramosa var. pubescens Basappa & Muniy.
- Brachiaria regularis var. nidulans (Mez) Täckh.
- Echinochloa ramosa (L.) Roberty
- Panicum arvense Kunth
- Panicum bispiculatum Chiov.
- Panicum brachylachnum Steud.
- Panicum breviradiatum Hochst.
- Panicum canescens Roth
- Panicum cognatissimum Steud.
- Panicum crus-galli var. petiveri (Trin.) De Wild. & T.Durand
- Panicum grossarium J.Koenig
- Panicum nidulans Mez
- Panicum ozogonum Steud.
- Panicum pallidum Peter
- Panicum petiveri Trin.
- Panicum petiveri var. puberulum Chiov.
- Panicum ramosum L.
- Panicum sorghum Steud.
- Panicum supervacuum C.B.Clarke
- Setaria canescens (Roth) Kunth
- Urochloa ramosa var. pubescens (Basappa & Muniy.) E.A.Kellogg
- Urochloa supervacua (C.B.Clarke) Noltie
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Bat, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY 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.