Poaceae
Soft feather pappusgrass
Enneapogon cenchroides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Enneapogon
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Tuingras
- English
- Soft feather pappusgrass
Synonyms
- Enneapogon abyssinicus (Hochst.) Rendle
- Enneapogon mollis Lehm.
- Pappophorum abyssinicum Hochst.
- Pappophorum cenchroides Licht.
- Pappophorum cenchroides var. albescens Schweinf.
- Pappophorum molle (Lehm.) Kunth
- Pappophorum robustum Hook.f.
- Pappophorum senegalense Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.