Poaceae
Delicate lovegrass
Eragrostis tenellula
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Delicate lovegrass
Synonyms
- Eragrostis interrupta f. simplicior Domin
- Eragrostis interrupta var. subsinguliflora Domin
- Poa tenella R.Br.
- Poa tenellula Kunth
- Sporobolus lindleyi (Steud.) Benth.
- Sporobolus pallidus Lindl.
- Vilfa lindleyi Steud.
Photos
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, 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). About our plant data.