Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sporobolus heterolepis (A.Gray) A.Gray [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
prairie dropseed	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agrostis heterolepis (A.Gray) Alph.Wood Class-book Bot., ed. 2a: 598 (1847).
Vilfa heterolepis A.Gray Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 233 (1835).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sporobolus heterolepis (A.Gray) A.Gray	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sporobolus heterolepis (Gray) Gray	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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