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Slender bottle-washers

Enneapogon gracilis (R.Br.) P.Beauv.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Enneapogon

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Slender bottle-washers: Native warm-season annual or short-lived perennial slender tufted C4 grass usually 20-30 cm tall (to 50 cm); stem nodes are hairy. Leaves are hairless to hairy
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Slender bottle-washers

Synonyms

  • Pappophorum gracile R.Br.
  • Pappophorum nigricans var. gracile (R.Br.) Domin

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid

Photos

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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.