Poaceae
Nineawn pappusgrass
Enneapogon desvauxii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Enneapogon
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Agdaegras
- Chinese
- 九顶草, 九頂草, 冠芒草, 短穗冠芒草
- English
- Nineawn pappusgrass
- Finnish
- Pikkuhahtupää
- Mongolian
- Умардын оготны сүүл
Synonyms
- Agrostis ciliata Pall. ex Ledeb.
- Agrostis ciliata Pall. ex Kom.
- Cottea sarmentosa Nees ex Steud.
- Czerniaevia rupestris Turcz. ex Kom.
- Enneapogon borealis (Griseb.) Honda
- Enneapogon brachystachyus (Jaub. & Spach) Stapf
- Enneapogon brachystachyus var. macrantherus Stapf
- Enneapogon desvauxii subsp. borealis (Griseb.) Tzvelev
- Enneapogon jinjiangensis B.S.Sun & S.Wang
- Enneapogon phleioides Roem. & Schult.
- Enneapogon pusillus Rendle
- Enneapogon wrightii (S.Watson) Roshev.
- Enneapogon wrightii (S.Watson) C.E.Hubb.
- Pappophorum arabicum Hochst. ex Steud.
- Pappophorum boreale Griseb.
- Pappophorum brachystachyum Jaub. & Spach
- Pappophorum brachystachyum var. trilophum Chiov.
- Pappophorum bulbosum Fig. & De Not.
- Pappophorum fasciculatum Chiov.
- Pappophorum figarianum Fig. & De Not.
- Pappophorum jaminianum Coss. & Durieu ex Boiss.
- Pappophorum mexicanum E.Fourn.
- Pappophorum nanum Steud.
- Pappophorum phleoides Turcz.
- Pappophorum pusillum (Rendle) K.Schum.
- Pappophorum vincentianum J.A.Schmidt
- Pappophorum wrightii S.Watson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander, 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.