Poaceae
Tufted lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Czech
- Milička hřebenitá
- English
- Tufted lovegrass
Synonyms
- Eragrostis brizoides Schult.
- Eragrostis caroliniana (Biehler) Scribn.
- Eragrostis cognata Steud.
- Eragrostis diffusa Buckley
- Eragrostis diffusa var. diffusa
- Eragrostis nuttalliana Steud.
- Eragrostis pectinacea subsp. felzinesii (Portal) H.Scholz
- Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea
- Eragrostis pensylvanica Scheele
- Eragrostis pilosa subsp. felzinesii Portal
- Eragrostis pilosa var. caroliniana (Biehler) Farw.
- Eragrostis pilosa var. pectinacea (Michx.) Heynh.
- Eragrostis purshii Schrad. ex A.Gray
- Eragrostis purshii var. delicatula Munro ex Scribn.
- Eragrostis purshii var. diffusa (Buckley) Vasey
- Eragrostis unionis Steud.
- Poa caroliniana Biehler
- Poa diandra Schrad.
- Poa eragrostis Elliott
- Poa nuttallii Kunth
- Poa pectinacea Michx.
- Poa tenella Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.