| English | Blackwell switch grass | | | 1 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| English | switch grass | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English (Canada) | switch grass | | Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 45. |
| French | panic érigé | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French | panic vierge | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French (Canada) | panic raide | | Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 45. |
| German | Rutenhirse | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Italian | panico vergato | | | 2 | International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. |
| Swedish | jungfruhirs | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | liu zhi ji | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |