| English | annual foxtail | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | black grass | | | 1 | Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. |
| English | black twitch | | | 1 | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1981. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) 2:13. Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope |
| English | large foxtail | | | 1 | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1981. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) 2:13. Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope |
| English | slender foxtail | | | 1 | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia |
| English (Canada) | black grass | | Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 37. |
| French | vulpin des champs | | | 2 | Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France |
| French (Canada) | vulpin des champs | | Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 37. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | capim-cauda-de-raposa-do-campo | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Swedish | renkavle | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |