| Author | (Buckley) R.D. Webster | |
| Distribution | So far, recorded from Brunswick, Johnston, and Orange counties. Expected elsewhere. First collected in NC in Brunswick County in 1931.
Native to the south-central and southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. Occurs eastward to FL, GA, SC, and NC, and recently in MD and DE. | |
| Abundance | Apparently rare, but perhaps overlooked. | |
| Habitat | Weed in cropfields (cotton, corn). | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting August-October. | |
| Identification | Texas Signal-grass has paired spikelets on each side of the rachis, and they are 4.8-6 mm long (vs. 4.2 mm or less in U. ramosa). | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Species in the genus Urochloa have in the past been placed in Brachiaria and Panicum. | |
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| State Rank | SE * | |
| Global Rank | G5? | |
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