Poaceae
Sandbar lovegrass
Eragrostis frankii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Eragrostis frankiiPoaceae
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Common names
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- English
- Sandbar lovegrass
Synonyms
- Eragrostis capillaris var. frankii (Steud.) Farw.
- Eragrostis erythrogona Nees ex Steud.
- Eragrostis frankii var. brevipes Fassett
- Eragrostis frankii var. frankii
- Poa frankii Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
- Poa micrantha Schult.
- Poa parviflora Nutt.
- Poa purshii Hort.Erf.
- Poa tenella Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
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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.