Poaceae
Fringed centipede grass
Eremochloa ciliaris
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eremochloa
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Eremochloa ciliarisPoaceae
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 蜈蚣草, 百足草
- English
- Fringed centipede grass
- Thai
- หญ้าขนตาวัว
Synonyms
- Andropogon leersioides (Munro) F.Muell.
- Eremochloa ciliaris var. elata Reeder
- Eremochloa ciliaris var. gigantea (A.Camus) A.Camus
- Eremochloa ciliaris var. pygmaea (A.Camus) A.Camus
- Eremochloa ciliaris var. thorelii (A.Camus) A.Camus
- Eremochloa horneri Buse
- Eremochloa leersioides (Munro) Hack.
- Eremochloa leersioides var. elata Reeder
- Eremochloa leersioides var. gigantea A.Camus
- Eremochloa leersioides var. gigantea A.Camus
- Eremochloa leersioides var. pygmaea A.Camus
- Eremochloa leersioides var. pygmaea A.Camus
- Eremochloa leersioides var. thorelii A.Camus
- Eremochloa malayana Ridl.
- Ischaemum falcatum Thwaites
- Ischaemum leersioides Munro
- Nardus ciliaris L.
- Sehima ciliaris (L.) Roberty
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: 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.