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Lovegrasses
Eragrostis
Eragrostis is a large and widespread genus of plants in the grass family, found in many countries on all inhabited continents and many islands.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Feather Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis tenella
Purple Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis spectabilis
Little Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis minor
African love grass
speciesEragrostis curvula
stinkgrass
speciesEragrostis cilianensis
Eragrostis pilosa
complexEragrostis pilosa
Red Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis secundiflora
Wilman lovegrass
speciesEragrostis superba
Lehmann's lovegrass
speciesEragrostis lehmanniana
carolina lovegrass
speciesEragrostis pectinacea
Plains lovegrass
speciesEragrostis intermedia
Elastic Grass
speciesEragrostis tenuifolia
Mediterranean lovegrass
speciesEragrostis barrelieri
Cape Love Grass
speciesEragrostis capensis
Elliott's lovegrass
speciesEragrostis elliottii
Brown's love grass
speciesEragrostis brownii
Teal Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis hypnoides
Gophertail Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis ciliaris
Gum grass
speciesEragrostis gummiflua
Narrow Heart Love Grass
speciesEragrostis racemosa
Tick Grass
speciesEragrostis echinochloidea
Chinese lovegrass
speciesEragrostis unioloides
Thalia Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis atrovirens
Fan Love Grass
speciesEragrostis plana
Dew Grass
speciesEragrostis obtusa
Creeping lovegrass
speciesEragrostis reptans
Gummy Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis curtipedicellata
Close-headed Love-grass
speciesEragrostis elongata
Wether Love Grass
speciesEragrostis nindensis
Bigtop Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis hirsuta
Blue Love Grass
speciesEragrostis chloromelas
Sand Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis trichodes
Eragrostis ferruginea
speciesEragrostis ferruginea
Frank's Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis frankii
Eragrostis cumingii
speciesEragrostis cumingii
Coastal Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis refracta
kawelu
speciesEragrostis variabilis
Eragrostis eriopoda
speciesEragrostis eriopoda
tumble lovegrass
speciesEragrostis sessilispica
Eragrostis interrupta
speciesEragrostis interrupta
paddock lovegrass
speciesEragrostis leptostachya
Hare's foot grass
speciesEragrostis leporina
Eragrostis dielsii
speciesEragrostis dielsii
Mexican Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis mexicana
Pond Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis japonica
Curly Leaf
speciesEragrostis rigidior
Eragrostis spartinoides
speciesEragrostis spartinoides
Mexican lovegrass
speciesEragrostis virescens
Broad curly leaf
speciesEragrostis cylindriflora
tiny lovegrass
speciesEragrostis capillaris
Eragrostis australasica
speciesEragrostis australasica
Eragrostis lacunaria
speciesEragrostis lacunaria
Eragrostis sororia
speciesEragrostis sororia
Sticky Love Grass
speciesEragrostis viscosa
Eragrostis bergiana
speciesEragrostis bergiana
Weeping love-grass
speciesEragrostis parviflora
Pearly Love Grass
speciesEragrostis rotifer
Annual Love Grass
speciesEragrostis patens
Eragrostis atropioides
speciesEragrostis atropioides
Mourning Lovegrass
speciesEragrostis lugens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57168.