Sporobolus alopecuroides(Piller & Mitterp.) P.M.Peterson

WFO wfo-0001341433 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Sporobolus alopecuroides, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. a Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-06-22 / obs. 43043592
Sporobolus alopecuroides, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. b Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159120871
Sporobolus alopecuroides, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. c Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 43043608
Sporobolus alopecuroides, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. d Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159120878
Sporobolus alopecuroides, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. e Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159120904
Sporobolus alopecuroides, photographed by Andrey Sdobnikov
fig. f Andrey Sdobnikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146772474
Sporobolus alopecuroides, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. g Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 159120899
Sporobolus alopecuroides, photographed by Andrey Sdobnikov
fig. h Andrey Sdobnikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 146772427

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Sporobolus alopecuroides is native: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Altay, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaEgyptMoroccoTunisiaAltayCyprusIranIraqKazakhstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanAlbaniaAustriaBelarusBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Sporobolus alopecuroides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Belarus BLR
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Cyprus CYP
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Egypt EGY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 30 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Agrostis brachystachys (C.Presl) Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Alopecurus fulvus Forssk. ex Steud.
  • Alopecurus geniculatus Sibth. ex Steud.
  • Chilochloa explicata (Link) Roem. & Schult.
  • Crypsis aegyptiaca Tausch
  • Crypsis alopecuroides (Piller & Mitterp.) Schrad.
  • Crypsis alopecuroides subsp. brachystachys (C.Presl) Trab.
  • Crypsis alopecuroides var. celakovskyi Rohlena
  • Crypsis alopecuroides var. nigricans (Guss.) Coss.
  • Crypsis alopecuroides var. sicula (Jan) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Crypsis alopecuroides var. tenella Heuff.
  • Crypsis brachystachys Trab.
  • Crypsis explicata (Link) F.Herm.
  • Crypsis geniculata Roem. & Schult.
  • Crypsis macrostachya Brot.
  • Crypsis nigricans Guss.
  • Crypsis phalaroides M.Bieb.
  • Crypsis schoenoides Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Crypsis sicula Jan
  • Crypsis tenella Pančić
  • Crypsis tenuissima Tausch
  • Heleochloa alopecuroides f. subvaginata Hack.
  • Heleochloa alopecuroides var. celakovskyi (Rohlena) Soó
  • Heleochloa alopecuroides var. nigricans (Guss.) Soó

and 6 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.