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Hairy woollygrass

Erioneuron pilosum (Buckley) Nash

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Erioneuron

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Hairy woollygrass: Hairy woollygrass (Erioneuron pilosum), Grass family (Poaceae). North-west from the Sevier Lake, Utah.
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Hairy woollygrass

Synonyms

  • Dasyochloa argentina (Kuntze) Caro
  • Dasyochloa argentina var. argentina
  • Dasyochloa argentina var. aristiglumis Caro
  • Dasyochloa argentina var. parodiana (E.A.Sánchez) Caro
  • Dasyochloa kurtziana (Parodi) Caro
  • Dasyochloa longiglumis (Parodi) Caro
  • Dasyochloa longiglumis var. longiglumis
  • Dasyochloa pygmaea (Parodi) Caro
  • Erioneuron avenaceum var. kurtzianum (Parodi) Anton
  • Erioneuron avenaceum var. longearistatum (Kurtz) Beetle
  • Erioneuron avenaceum var. longiaristatum (Kurtz) Beetle
  • Erioneuron avenaceum var. longiglume (Parodi) Anton
  • Erioneuron avenaceum var. pygmaeum (Parodi) Anton
  • Erioneuron pilosum var. argentinum (Kuntze) Nicora
  • Erioneuron pilosum var. aristiglume (Caro) E.A.Sánchez
  • Erioneuron pilosum var. aristiglumis (Caro) E.A.Sánchez
  • Erioneuron pilosum var. longiaristatum (Kurtz) Anton
  • Erioneuron pilosum var. mendocinum (Parodi) Nicora
  • Erioneuron pilosum var. parodianum E.A.Sánchez
  • Erioneuron pilosum var. pilosum
  • Sieglingia acuminata (Munro ex A.Gray) Kuntze
  • Sieglingia argentina Kuntze
  • Sieglingia pilosa (Buckley) Nash
  • Tricuspis acuminata Munro ex A.Gray
  • Tridens avenaceus var. kurtzianus Parodi
  • Tridens avenaceus var. longiglumis Parodi
  • Tridens avenaceus var. pygmaeus Parodi
  • Tridens pilosus var. argentina (Kuntze) Parodi
  • Tridens pilosus var. argentinus (Kuntze) Parodi
  • Tridens pilosus var. mendocina Parodi
  • Tridens pilosus var. mendocinus Parodi
  • Triodia acuminata Benth. ex Vasey
  • Triodia argentina (Kuntze) K.Schum.
  • Triodia avenacea var. longiaristata Kurtz
  • Triodia avenacea var. pygmaea Hack.
  • Triodia pilosa (Buckley) Merr.
  • Uralepis pilosa Buckley

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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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.