Sporobolus virginicus(L.) Kunth

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WFO wfo-0000901566 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sporobolus virginicus, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. a Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-03 / obs. 204058975
Sporobolus virginicus, photographed by Jacy Chen
fig. b Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176661482
Sporobolus virginicus, photographed by Kevin Faccenda
fig. c Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 172646003
Sporobolus virginicus, photographed by Forest Botial-Jarvis
fig. d Forest Botial-Jarvis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170331924
Sporobolus virginicus, photographed by Gary Williams
fig. e Gary Williams, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 168694800
Sporobolus virginicus, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. f Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165044556
Sporobolus virginicus, photographed by ronavery
fig. g ronavery, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163945418
Sporobolus virginicus, photographed by ronavery
fig. h ronavery, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163929306

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Also published as 49 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 affinis Schult.
  • Agrostis barbata Pers.
  • Agrostis congener Schumach.
  • Agrostis distichophylla Roem. & Schult.
  • Agrostis dura Willd. ex Steud.
  • Agrostis juncea Lam.
  • Agrostis littoralis Sm.
  • Agrostis littoralis Lam.
  • Agrostis pungens Muhl.
  • Agrostis tremula Willd.
  • Agrostis virginica L.
  • Aira congener Schumach.
  • Aira sabuletorum Steud.
  • Aira sabulonum Labill.
  • Aira sabulonum var. uniflora Balansa
  • Aira subulorum D.Dietr.
  • Crypsis maritima Munro ex MacOwan
  • Crypsis virginica (L.) Nutt.
  • Podosemum virginicum (L.) Link
  • Sporobolus benthamii var. robustus Domin
  • Sporobolus confertus J.A.Schmidt
  • Sporobolus geniculatus (Nees ex Steud.) Nees ex Aitch.
  • Sporobolus humilis subsp. minor Veldkamp
  • Sporobolus littoralis (Lam.) Kunth

and 25 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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.

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. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.