Poaceae

Stinkgrass

Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Eragrostis

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Stinkgrass: Eragrostis cilianensis (plant). Location: Maui, Puu o Kali — Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (12)

Afrikaans: Stink-eragrostis
Arabic: أثب مهدب
Chinese: 大画眉草, 大畫眉草, 大画眉草花, 星星草
Czech: Milička velkokvětá
Dutch: Stinkend liefdegras
English: Stinkgrass, Candy grass, Gray lovegrass, Stink grass, Stink lovegrass, Stinking eragrostis
Finnish: Tanakkaröllinurmikka
German: Großes Liebesgras
Latvian: Lielvārpu eragroste
Persian: علف عشق هرز
Swedish: Stort kärleksgräs
Welsh: Serchwellt drewllyd

Synonyms

Briza eragrostis L.
Briza eragrostis var. megastachya Gareizo
Briza major Desv. ex Kunth
Briza megastachya Steud.
Briza oblonga Moench
Briza purpurascens Muhl.
Calotheca purpurascens (Muhl.) Spreng.
Eragrostis argentina Jedwabn.
Eragrostis articulata De Wild.
Eragrostis cilianensis f. leersioides (C.Presl) Maire
Eragrostis cilianensis f. megastachya (Koeler) Maire & Weiller
Eragrostis cilianensis subsp. major (Beck) Maire & Weiller
Eragrostis cilianensis subsp. megastachya (Koeler) Maire & Weiller
Eragrostis cilianensis subsp. starosselskyi (Grossh.) Tzvelev
Eragrostis cilianensis subsp. thyrsiflora (Willk.) H.Scholz & Valdés
Eragrostis cilianensis var. leersioides (C.Presl) Maire
Eragrostis cilianensis var. minoroides P.Monts.
Eragrostis cilianensis var. starosselskyi (Grossh.) Dobignard & Portal
Eragrostis cilianensis var. subbiloba (Chiov.) Dobignard & Portal
Eragrostis cilianensis var. thyrsiflora (Willk.) Dobignard & Portal
Eragrostis costata F.Turner
Eragrostis eragrostis (L.) MacMill.
Eragrostis eragrostis subvar. leersioides (C.Presl) Farw.
Eragrostis eragrostis var. megastachya (Koeler) Farw.
Eragrostis flexuosa Steud.
Eragrostis leersioides (C.Presl) Steud.
Eragrostis leersioides Guss.
Eragrostis leersioides var. leersioides
Eragrostis major Host
Eragrostis major var. conferta Ten.
Eragrostis major var. subbiloba (Chiov.) Chiov.
Eragrostis megalostachya St.-Lag.
Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link
Eragrostis megastachya f. nana Lorentz & Niederl.
Eragrostis megastachya f. thessalonica Charrel
Eragrostis megastachya var. acutiuscula Hack.
Eragrostis megastachya var. cilianensis (All.) Asch. & Graebn.
Eragrostis megastachya var. compacta (Regel) Krylov
Eragrostis megastachya var. densiflora (Guss.) Guss.
Eragrostis megastachya var. leersioides (C.Presl) Pant.

and 65 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kileigh Hannah, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Eunice Kamau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: LeighW, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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.