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Narrow-heart love grass

Eragrostis racemosa (Thunb.) Steud.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Eragrostis

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Narrow-heart love grass: Spikelets of narrow-heart love grass at Elandsfontein, Waterberg, Limpopo
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Afrikaans
Smalhartjiesgras
English
Narrow-heart love grass

Synonyms

  • Eragrostis boehmii Hack.
  • Eragrostis chalcantha Trin.
  • Eragrostis chalcantha var. effusa Rendle
  • Eragrostis chalcantha var. hirsuta Peter
  • Eragrostis chalcantha var. intermedia Peter
  • Eragrostis chalcantha var. neesii K.Schum.
  • Eragrostis conradii Pilg.
  • Eragrostis hockii De Wild.
  • Eragrostis lasiophylla K.Schum.
  • Poa chalcantha (Trin.) Kunth
  • Poa racemosa Thunb.

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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). About our plant data.