Poaceae

Pinewoods fingergrass

Eustachys petraea (Sw.) Desv.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Eustachys

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Pinewoods fingergrass (Eustachys petraea) — FlowerPhoto: Gabriel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Pinewoods fingergrass

Synonyms

Agrostis complanata Aiton
Aira aegilopsoides Walter
Aira complanata Steud.
Chloris dusenii Ekman
Chloris petraea Sw.
Chloris septentrionalis Müll.Hal.
Chloris swartziana Döll
Chloris swartzii Müll.Hal.
Chloroides petraea Fisch.
Schultesia petraea (Sw.) Spreng.

Flowers

In flower: March to June, August to September (from 27 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Gabriel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ingolf Askevold, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.