Poaceae
Sand lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sand lovegrass
Synonyms
- Eragrostis capillacea Jedwabn.
- Eragrostis grandiflora J.G.Sm. & Bush
- Eragrostis pilifera Scheele
- Eragrostis tenuis A.Gray
- Eragrostis tenuis var. texensis Vasey
- Eragrostis trichodes var. pilifera (Scheele) Fernald
- Poa trichodes Nutt.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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.