Poaceae
Slimflower lovegrass
Eragrostis gangetica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Eragrostis gangeticaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slimflower lovegrass
Synonyms
- Eragrostis cambessediana (Kunth) Steud.
- Eragrostis dakarensis A.Chev.
- Eragrostis dayanandanii Ravich., Krishnan & N.P.Samson
- Eragrostis dumasiana A.Chev.
- Eragrostis elegantula Nees ex Miq.
- Eragrostis flamignii De Wild.
- Eragrostis kalinaensis Vanderyst
- Eragrostis ovina (A.Rich.) Steud.
- Eragrostis pumila A.Chev.
- Eragrostis stenoclada J.Presl
- Eragrostis stenophylla Hochst. ex Miq.
- Eragrostis vinicolor A.Chev.
- Eragrostis vinicolor var. pallida A.Chev.
- Eragrostis willdenowii Nees ex Steud.
- Poa cambessediana Kunth
- Poa floribunda Willd. ex Spreng.
- Poa gangetica Roxb.
- Poa ovina A.Rich.
- Poa stenoclada (J.Presl) Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.