Poaceae
Mexican lovegrass
Eragrostis mexicana
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (5)
- Czech
- Milička mexická
- English
- Mexican lovegrass, Mexican love grass
- Finnish
- Meksikonröllinurmikka
- Spanish
- Zacate de amor mexicano
- Swedish
- Mexikanskt kärleksgräs
Synonyms
- Eragrostis alba J.Presl
- Eragrostis glandulosa L.H.Harv.
- Eragrostis limbata E.Fourn.
- Eragrostis limbata f. densiuscula Hack.
- Eragrostis limbata var. major E.Fourn.
- Eragrostis mexicana subsp. mexicana
- Eragrostis mexicana var. mexicana
- Eragrostis mexicana var. neomexicana (Vasey ex L.H.Dewey) Beetle
- Eragrostis mexicana var. pilosior Döll
- Eragrostis mexicana var. pygmaea Döll
- Eragrostis neomexicana Vasey ex L.H.Dewey
- Eragrostis neomexicana Vasey
- Eragrostis nigricans var. punensis Nicora
- Eragrostis orcuttiana Vasey
- Eragrostis pauciflora Trin. ex E.Fourn.
- Eragrostis purshii var. major E.Fourn.
- Eragrostis virescens subsp. verloovei Portal
- Poa alba (J.Presl) Kunth
- Poa mexicana Hornem.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, 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: 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: 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
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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.