Poaceae
Sprawling signalgrass
Urochloa reptans
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Urochloa
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- أوروكلوا زاحفة
- Chinese
- 尾稃草, 光尾稃草, 尾桴草
- English
- Sprawling signalgrass, Running grass, Creeping panic grass, Sprawling signal grass
- Indonesian
- Rumput rhodes
- Thai
- หญ้าต้นติด
Synonyms
- Brachiaria balansae Henrard
- Brachiaria prostrata (Lam.) Griseb.
- Brachiaria reptans (L.) C.A.Gardner & C.E.Hubb.
- Brachiaria reptans var. hispida Basappa & Muniy.
- Digitaria umbrosa (Retz.) Pers.
- Echinochloa reptans (L.) Roberty
- Echinochloa subcordata Roem. & Schult.
- Panicum aurelianum Hale ex Alph.Wood
- Panicum barbipedum Hayata
- Panicum brachythyrsum Peter
- Panicum caespitosum Sw.
- Panicum calaccanzense Steud.
- Panicum extensum Desv.
- Panicum grossarium L.
- Panicum nilagiricum Steud.
- Panicum parvum Buse
- Panicum patulum Mez
- Panicum procumbens Nees
- Panicum prostratum Lam.
- Panicum prostratum var. marquisense F.Br.
- Panicum prostratum var. pilosum Eggers
- Panicum reptans L.
- Panicum sieberi Link
- Panicum subcordatum (Roem. & Schult.) Roth
- Panicum taitense Steud.
- Panicum umbrosum Retz.
- Panicum virescens Poir.
- Setaria subcordata (Roem. & Schult.) Kunth
- Setaria umbrosa (Retz.) P.Beauv.
- Urochloa reptans var. glabra S.L.Chen & Y.X.Jin
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Deepu21alc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Johnson, 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.