Black spear grass

Heteropogon contortus

Family: Poaceae Genus: Heteropogon Species: contortus

Synonyms: Andropogon glaber, Heteropogon fischerianus, Heteropogon roxburghii, Andropogon contortus, Heteropogon contortus var. distichus, Andropogon contortus var. breviaristatus, Heteropogon hohenackeri, Andropogon firmus, Andropogon hohenackeri, Heteropogon firmus, Andropogon besukiensis, Heteropogon contortus subvar. secundus, Heteropogon contortus var. polystachyos, Andropogon contortus var. glaber, Heteropogon contortus var. allionii, Heteropogon hispidissimus, Andropogon contortus subvar. secundus, Heteropogon besukiensis, Andropogon contortus subsp. allionii, Heteropogon polystachyos, Andropogon contortus var. allionii, Heteropogon hirsutus, Heteropogon hirtus var. glaber, Andropogon contortus subvar. hispidissimus, Heteropogon contortus var. glaber, Heteropogon messanensis, Heteropogon allionii var. messanensis, Andropogon contortus subsp. glaber, Heteropogon glaber, Heteropogon fertilis, Andropogon contortus var. maroccanus, Andropogon allionii, Andropogon hispidissimus, Holcus contortus, Heteropogon glaber var. messanensis, Andropogon contortus var. macroglumis, Andropogon messanensis, Heteropogon allionii, Heteropogon allionii var. secundus, Andropogon polystachyos, Andropogon austrocaledonicus, Heteropogon hirtus, Heteropogon contortus var. hirtus, Andropogon bellardii, Sorghum contortum, Andropogon contortus subvar. roxburghii, Andropogon secundus, Heteropogon contortus var. hispidissimus

Black spear grass (en)

Gallery

Botanical Description

Flower: Inconspicuous

Foliage: Texture: medium

Native Region: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Assam, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Burkina, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, France, Free State, Ghana, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Socotra, Somalia, South China Sea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is., Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID

230135

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