Poaceae
Chinese lovegrass
Eragrostis unioloides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Eragrostis unioloidesPoaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 牛虱草, 牛蝨草
- English
- Chinese lovegrass
- Malayalam
- അവിൽപ്പുല്ല്
Synonyms
- Eragrostis amabilis var. contracta Buse
- Eragrostis amabilis var. contracta Buse
- Eragrostis amabilis var. effusa Buse
- Eragrostis amabilis var. effusa Buse
- Eragrostis amabilis var. prostrata Buse
- Eragrostis amabilis var. prostrata Buse
- Eragrostis amabilis var. scabriuscula Buse
- Eragrostis amabilis var. scabriuscula Buse
- Eragrostis euchroa Steud.
- Eragrostis formosana Hayata
- Eragrostis rubens (Lam.) Hochst. ex Miq.
- Eragrostis rubens f. linearis Boerl.
- Eragrostis rubens var. contracta (Buse) Miq.
- Eragrostis rubens var. effusa (Buse) Miq.
- Eragrostis rubens var. scabriuscula (Buse) Miq.
- Eragrostis unioloides var. ongiemensis A.Camus
- Eragrostis unioloides var. tremula K.C.Jacob
- Poa rubens Lam.
- Poa unioloides Retz.
- Uniola indica Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced
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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.