| English | couch paspalum | | | 1 | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope |
| English | eternity grass | | | 1 | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
| English | ginger grass | | | 1 | 't Mannetje, L. & R. M. Jones, eds. 1992. Forages. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 4:180. |
| English | joint grass | | | 1 | 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. |
| English | knotgrass | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | Mercer grass | | | 1 | Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand. |
| English | seaside millet | | | 1 | 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. |
| English | Thompson grass | | | 1 | FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. |
| English | water couch | | | 1 | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope |
| English | water-finger grass | | | 1 | Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). |
| Arabic | moddeid | | | 2 | Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt |
| Japanese Rōmaji | kishū-suzume-no-hie | | | 2 | Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions |
| Portuguese | grama-de-Joanópolis | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | capim-arame | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | grama-braba | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | grama-da-praia | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | grama-doce | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | grama-rasteira-da-praia | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Spanish | grama colorada | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Spanish | gramilla blanca | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Transcribed Chinese | shuang sui que bai | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |