Poaceae
Pan American balsamscale
Elionurus tripsacoides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Elionurus
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Elionurus tripsacoidesPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pan American balsamscale
Synonyms
- Anatherum tripsacoides Spreng.
- Andropogon nuttallii Chapm.
- Andropogon tripsacoides Trin. ex Steud.
- Elionurus nuttallianus Vasey
- Elionurus nuttallii (Chapm.) Vasey
- Elionurus trapnellii C.E.Hubb.
- Elionurus tripsacoides subvar. ambiguus Henrard
- Elionurus tripsacoides subvar. brevidentatus (Hack.) Roberty
- Elionurus tripsacoides subvar. sericeus (Hack.) Roberty
- Elionurus tripsacoides var. brevidentatus Hack.
- Elionurus tripsacoides var. genuinus Hack.
- Elionurus tripsacoides var. sericeus Hack.
- Elionurus tripsacoides var. subcandidus Kuntze
- Elionurus tripsacoides var. tripsacoides
- Elionurus welwitschii Rendle
- Rottboellia ciliata Nutt.
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.