Poaceae
Weeping lovegrass
Eragrostis curvula
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (10)
- Afrikaans
- Growwevleigras
- Arabic
- أثب منحني
- Chinese
- 垂愛草, 弯叶画眉草
- English
- Weeping lovegrass
- Finnish
- Kaartoröllinurmikka
- German
- Gebogenblättriges Liebesgras
- Japanese
- シナダレスズメガヤ
- Persian
- علف عشق کمانی
- Swedish
- Afrikanskt kärleksgräs
- Welsh
- Serchwellt
Synonyms
- Eragrostis capillifolia Nees
- Eragrostis chloromelas Steud.
- Eragrostis curvula var. atrata (Schweinf.) Cufod.
- Eragrostis curvula var. conferta Stapf
- Eragrostis curvula var. conferta Nees
- Eragrostis curvula var. curvula
- Eragrostis curvula var. decolorans Rendle
- Eragrostis curvula var. valida Stapf
- Eragrostis filiformis (Thunb.) Nees
- Eragrostis huillensis Rendle
- Eragrostis jeffreysii Hack.
- Eragrostis lehmanniana var. ampla Stapf
- Eragrostis poa Stapf
- Eragrostis procerior Rendle
- Eragrostis pubiculmis Jedwabn.
- Eragrostis robusta Stent
- Eragrostis subulata Nees
- Eragrostis thunbergiana Steud.
- Eragrostis thunbergiana var. atrata Schweinf.
- Eragrostis valida Stent
- Poa atrovirens Nees
- Poa capensis Steud.
- Poa curvula Schrad.
- Poa filiformis Thunb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephanie Tran, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephanie Tran, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephanie Tran, CC BY 4.0, 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.