Poaceae
Cylinderflower lovegrass
Eragrostis cylindriflora
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Cylinderflower lovegrass, Curlyleaf, Hairyflower lovegrass
Synonyms
- Eragrostis adenocoleos Pilg.
- Eragrostis agrostoidea Rendle
- Eragrostis agrostoidea var. speciosa Rendle
- Eragrostis agrostoidea var. viscosa Rendle
- Eragrostis annulata Chiov.
- Eragrostis atherstonei Stapf
- Eragrostis cylindriflora var. gymnorrachis Schweinf.
- Eragrostis cylindriflora var. gymnorrhachis Schweinf.
- Eragrostis geniculata (Durieu) Durieu
- Eragrostis gymnorhachis (Schweinf.) Chiov.
- Eragrostis gymnorrhachis (Schweinf.) Chiov.
- Eragrostis henrardii Jansen
- Eragrostis horizontalis Peter
- Eragrostis leptocalymma Pilg.
- Eragrostis multipilosa Hochst. ex Borzí
- Eragrostis quadriflora Rendle
- Eragrostis rigidior Pilg.
- Eragrostis seineri Jedwabn.
- Eragrostis trichophora Coss. & Durieu
- Poa geniculata Durieu
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, 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.