Poaceae
Pond lovegrass
Eragrostis japonica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- أثب ياباني
- Chinese
- 乱草, 日本鯽魚草, 亂草, 碎米知风草, 香榧草
- English
- Pond lovegrass
- Korean
- 각시그령
Synonyms
- Aira koenigii J.F.Gmel.
- Airopsis jubata Griseb.
- Catabrosa micrantha Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Catabrosa pilosa Steud.
- Diandrochloa diarrhena (Schult.) A.N.Henry
- Diandrochloa diplachnoides (Steud.) A.N.Henry
- Diandrochloa glomerata (Walter) Burkart
- Diandrochloa japonica (Thunb.) A.N.Henry
- Diandrochloa namaquensis (Nees) De Winter
- Diplachne elongata Hochst. ex Steud.
- Diplachne poiformis Hochst. ex Steud.
- Eragrostis aturensis (Kunth) Trin. ex Steud.
- Eragrostis aurea Steud.
- Eragrostis brasiliana Nees
- Eragrostis caudata Nees
- Eragrostis conferta (Elliott) Trin.
- Eragrostis depauperata Andersson
- Eragrostis diandra Roxb.
- Eragrostis diarrhena Steud.
- Eragrostis diarrhena var. koenigii (Kunth) C.E.C.Fisch.
- Eragrostis diplachnoides Steud.
- Eragrostis elegans Nees
- Eragrostis elegans var. laxiflora Arechav.
- Eragrostis glomerata (Walter) L.H.Dewey
- Eragrostis hapalantha Trin.
- Eragrostis hochstetteri Steud.
- Eragrostis interrupta var. diarrhena (Schult.) Stapf
- Eragrostis interrupta var. diplachnoides (Steud.) Stapf
- Eragrostis interrupta var. koenigii Stapf ex Hook.f.
- Eragrostis interrupta var. laxiflora Döll
- Eragrostis interrupta var. namaquensis (Nees) T.Durand & Schinz
- Eragrostis interrupta var. parviflora Döll
- Eragrostis interrupta var. tenuissima Stapf
- Eragrostis japonica var. interrupta (Lam.) Henrard
- Eragrostis koenigii (Kunth) Link
- Eragrostis koenigii (Kunth) Steud.
- Eragrostis kossinskyi Roshev.
- Eragrostis leprieurii Steud.
- Eragrostis maritima A.Chev.
- Eragrostis milleflora Steud.
and 46 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Aaron, 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.