Crypsis alopecuroides var. nigricans (Guss.) Coss.
Crypsis alopecuroides var. sicula (Jan) Asch. & Graebn.
Crypsis alopecuroides var. tenella Heuff.
Crypsis alopecuroides var. tenella Adamovic, nom. illeg.
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 var. celakovskyi (Rohlena) Soó
Heleochloa alopecuroides var. nigricans (Guss.) T.Durand & Schinz
Heleochloa alopecuroides var. nigricans (Guss.) Soó
Heleochloa alopecuroides f. subvaginata Hack.
Heleochloa brachystachys (C.Presl) K.Richt.
Heleochloa explicata (Link) Hack. ex Fritsch
Phalaris explicata Link
Phalaris geniculata Sm.
Vilfa brachystachys C.Presl
Sporobolus alopecuroides is a species of grass known by the common name foxtail pricklegrass. It is native to Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. It is also known in the western United States as a common and widespread introduced species, especially in sandy areas around water, such as lakesides. It has also been collected at shipping points near Philadelphia but has not been seen there in about a century.[2] This is an annual grass producing mostly upright and unbranching stems, often dark in color, up to about 75 centimeters in maximum height. The green leaves are up to 12 centimeters long, sometimes waxy in texture. The inflorescence is a dense cylindrical panicle of tiny green to purple spikelets.