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§1 Plant

Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. var. indicus

vernacular smut grass — variety · Poaceae


USDA
SPINI2
GBIF
2704757 syn.
Rank
variety
smut grass (Sporobolus indicus var. indicus)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Annual, Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Sporobolus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 307 counties across 13 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 307 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 307 counties across 13 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 16 I
Arkansas view state ↗ 20 I
Georgia view state ↗ 26 I
Kentucky view state ↗ 9 I
Louisiana view state ↗ 63 I
Mississippi view state ↗ 19 I
Missouri view state ↗ 2 I
New York view state ↗ 1 I
North Carolina view state ↗ 62 I
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 I
South Carolina view state ↗ 29 I
Tennessee view state ↗ 24 I
Virginia view state ↗ 35 I

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SPINI2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2704757 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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