Poaceae
Red lovegrass
Eragrostis secundiflora
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Red lovegrass, Red love grass
Synonyms
- Eragrostis beyrichii J.G.Sm.
- Eragrostis compacta Steud.
- Eragrostis interrupta Trel., Branner & Coville
- Eragrostis oxylepis (Torr.) Torr.
- Eragrostis oxylepis var. beyrichii (J.G.Sm.) Shinners
- Eragrostis rufescens var. subfasciculata Döll
- Eragrostis secundiflora subsp. oxylepis (Torr.) S.D.Koch
- Eragrostis secundiflora subsp. secundiflora
- Eragrostis secundiflora var. capitata (E.Fourn.) Beetle
- Eragrostis secundiflora var. secundiflora
- Eragrostis squarrosa E.Fourn.
- Eragrostis vahlii var. sejuncta Döll
- Eragrostis vahlii var. subfasciculata Döll
- Eragrostis verae-crucis Rupr. ex Galeotti
- Eragrostis yucatana L.H.Harv.
- Megastachya oxylepis E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.
- Megastachya oxylepis var. capitata E.Fourn.
- Poa compacta Salzm. ex Steud.
- Poa interrupta Nutt.
- Poa oxylepis Torr.
- Poa secundiflora (J.Presl) Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DouglasGoldman, CC BY-SA 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.