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Poaceae

Cup grass

Eriochloa crebra S.T.Blake

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Eriochloa

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Cup grass: Spikelets are hairy, 3.7–5 mm long and the apices don't taper to a bristle. The lower glume is often a pallid, purplish or blackish swelling (cup-like ring) at
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Cup grass

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid

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Sources: classification 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.