Poaceae
Red tussock grass
Chionochloa rubra
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Chionochloa
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Red tussock grass
- Finnish
- Vaskilumiheinä
- Persian
- علف بافهای سرخ
- Spanish
- Danthonia antarctica var minor, Danthonia antarctica var. minor
Synonyms
- Chionochloa rubra var. rubra
Photos

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Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Margaret Donald, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Heidi Meudt, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.