Poaceae
Silver plumegrass
Erianthus alopecuroides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Erianthus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- قصب السكر الثعلبي
- English
- Silver plumegrass
Synonyms
- Andropogon alopecuroides L.
- Andropogon divaricatus L.
- Erianthus alopecuroides var. hirsutus Nash
- Erianthus divaricatus (L.) Hitchc.
- Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.
- Saccharum alopecuroides subvar. divaricatum (L.) Roberty
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Peyton Phelps, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dan Vickers, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alaina Krakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Archer Jones, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brandon Wheeler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.