Poaceae
Uruguayan pampas grass
Cortaderia selloana
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cortaderia
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Common names
By language (31)
- Arabic
- أشيرية سلوفية
- arz
- كورتاديريا سيلوانا
- Asturian
- Plumeru
- Basque
- Panpa-lezka
- Breton
- Geot ar Pampa
- Catalan
- Plomall
- Chinese
- 蒲苇, 蒲葦
- Czech
- Kortaderie dvoudomá, Pampas dvoudomý, Pampová tráva
- Danish
- Pampasgræs
- Dutch
- Pampasgras
- English
- Uruguayan pampas grass, Pampas grass
- Finnish
- Hopeapampaheinä
- French
- Herbe de la pampa, Herbe des pampas, Roseau à plumes
- Galician
- Cortadeira, Carrizo da Pampa, Herba da Pampa, Plumeiro da Pampa
- Georgian
- Პამპის ბალახი, Პამპასების ბალახი
- German
- Amerikanisches Pampasgras, Kleines Pampasgras, Pampasgras, Silber-Pampasgras
- Hebrew
- קורטדריה מכסיפה
- Hungarian
- Ezüstös pampafű
- Japanese
- シロガネヨシ, パンパスグラス
- Korean
- 팜파스풀
- Lithuanian
- Argentininė kortaderija, Pampų žolė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Pampasgress
- Persian
- علف پامپاس
- Quechua
- Siwinka, Sewenka
- Russian
- Пампасная трава, Кортадерия двудомная, Кортадерия Селло, Пампасская трава
- scn
- Pinnacchiu
- Slovenian
- Pampaška trava
- Spanish
- Cola de zorro, Cortadera, Cortadera uruguaya, Hierba de la Pampa, Hierba de las pampas, Hierba penacho, Hierva de la pampa, Hierva penacho
- Swedish
- Pampasgräs
- Turkish
- Pampas Otu
- Welsh
- Peithwellt
Synonyms
- Arundo dioeca Spreng.
- Arundo kila Spreng. ex Steud.
- Arundo selloana Schult. & Schult.f.
- Cortaderia argentea (Nees) Stapf
- Cortaderia dioeca Speg.
- Cortaderia dioica Speg.
- Gynerium argenteum Nees
- Gynerium argenteum unranked bertinii Jacob-Makoy
- Gynerium argenteum var. albolineatum W.Bull
- Gynerium dioicum Dallière
- Gynerium elegans Van Geert
- Gynerium purpureum Carrière
- Moorea argentea (Nees) Lem.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 786 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arnim Littek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.