Poaceae
Brown's lovegrass
Eragrostis brownii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 長畫眉草, 长画眉草
- English
- Brown's lovegrass
Synonyms
- Eragrostis atrovirens f. brownii (Kunth) Hack.
- Eragrostis atrovirens var. ramosa Honda
- Eragrostis bellissima B.S.Sun & S.Wang
- Eragrostis benthamii Mattei
- Eragrostis browneana Nees
- Eragrostis brownii var. patens Benth.
- Eragrostis bulbillifera var. ramosa (Honda) Masam.
- Eragrostis molokaiensis H.St.John
- Eragrostis philippica Jedwabn.
- Eragrostis polymorpha (P.Beauv.) Jedwabn.
- Eragrostis santapaui K.G.Bhat & Nagendran
- Eragrostis spartinoides Steud.
- Eragrostis urvillei Steud.
- Megastachya brownii P.Beauv. ex Kunth
- Megastachya polymorpha P.Beauv.
- Poa brownei Kunth
- Poa brownii Kunth
- Poa polymorpha R.Br.
- Uniola spicata Llanos
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, 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.