Poaceae
Mediterranean lovegrass
Eragrostis barrelieri
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- أثب بارلييه
- English
- Mediterranean lovegrass
- Finnish
- Marokonröllinurmikka
- Persian
- علف عشق مصری
- Swedish
- Franskt kärleksgräs
Synonyms
- Eragrostis barrelieri subsp. ambigua (Dobignard & Portal) H.Scholz & Valdés
- Eragrostis barrelieri subsp. pygmaea (Daveau) Portal & H.Scholz
- Eragrostis barrelieri subvar. pygmaea Daveau
- Eragrostis barrelieri var. ambigua Dobignard & Portal
- Eragrostis barrelieri var. pygmaea (Daveau) Dobignard & Portal
- Eragrostis insulatlantica A.Chev.
- Eragrostis panormitana Lojac.
- Eragrostis pooides var. barrielieri (Daveau) Fiori
- Eragrostis vulgaris subsp. barrelieri (Daveau) Douin
- Eragrostis vulgaris var. barrelieri (Daveau) Douin
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 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.