Poaceae
Indian lovegrass
Eragrostis pilosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- أثب مشعر
- arz
- اثب مشعر
- Belarusian
- Палявічка валасістая
- Chinese
- 画眉草, 畫眉草, 星星草, 蚊子草, 无毛画眉草
- Czech
- Milička chlupatá, Milička polabská
- Dutch
- Straatliefdegras
- English
- Indian lovegrass, Hairy love-grass
- Finnish
- Hoikkaröllinurmikka
- German
- Behaartes Liebesgras, Elb-Liebesgras, Elbe-Liebesgras
- hsb
- Włosata lubočinka
- Persian
- علف عشق کرکی
- Swedish
- Hårigt kärleksgräs
- Ukrainian
- Гусятник волосистий
Synonyms
- Catabrosa verticillata (Cav.) P.Beauv.
- Eragrostis afghanica Gand.
- Eragrostis albensis H.Scholz
- Eragrostis bagdadensis Boiss.
- Eragrostis baguirmiensis A.Chev.
- Eragrostis bicolor Boiss.
- Eragrostis bithynica Griseb.
- Eragrostis collocarpa K.Schum.
- Eragrostis damiensiana var. laxior Thell.
- Eragrostis filiformis Link
- Eragrostis gracilis Schrad.
- Eragrostis gracilis Velen.
- Eragrostis gracillima Hack.
- Eragrostis imberbis (Franch.) Prob.
- Eragrostis indica (J.Koenig ex Rottler) Willd. ex Steud.
- Eragrostis jeholensis Honda
- Eragrostis linkii (Kunth) Steud.
- Eragrostis longipes Keng
- Eragrostis multispicula Kitag.
- Eragrostis petersii Trin.
- Eragrostis pilosa f. imberbis Franch.
- Eragrostis pilosa subsp. imberbis (Franch.) Tzvelev
- Eragrostis pilosa subsp. neglecta H.Scholz
- Eragrostis pilosa subsp. subspontanea H.Scholz
- Eragrostis pilosa var. glabra Ducommun
- Eragrostis pilosa var. imberbis Franch.
- Eragrostis pilosa var. jeholensis (Honda) Ohwi
- Eragrostis pilosa var. major Litv.
- Eragrostis pilosa var. nutans Schltdl.
- Eragrostis pilosa var. pilosa
- Eragrostis pilosa var. pumila A.Chev.
- Eragrostis pilosa var. versicolor Kuntze
- Eragrostis pilosa var. verticillata (Cav.) Rchb.
- Eragrostis punctata (L.f.) Link ex Steud.
- Eragrostis senegalensis (Desv.) A.Chev.
- Eragrostis tenuiflora Rupr. ex Steud.
- Eragrostis verticillata (Cav.) P.Beauv.
- Eragrostis verticillata Coss. ex Lange
- Eragrostis verticillata var. indica (J.Koenig ex Rottler) Wight & Arn. ex Nees
- Poa bohemica J.Mayer
and 17 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marcin Dyderski, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Rojas Angel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Marcin Dyderski, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Михаил Языков, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Styrelsen for Grøn Arealomlægning og Vandmiljø/The Danish Agency for Green Land , CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marcin Dyderski, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Masaryk University, Department of Botany and Zoology, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ljaž, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum - Herbarium GJO, 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.