Poaceae
Downy danthonia
Danthonia sericea
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Danthonia
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Danthonia sericeaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- دنطوان حريري
- English
- Downy danthonia, Carolina oatgrass
Synonyms
- Avena spicata Elliott
- Danthonia epilis Scribn.
- Danthonia glabra Nash
- Danthonia sericea var. epilis (Scribn.) Blomq.
- Danthonia sericea var. sericea
- Merathrepta sericea (Nutt.) A.Heller
- Pentameris epilis (Scribn.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Pentameris sericea (Nutt.) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.