Poaceae
Golden-top grass
Lamarckia aurea
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Lamarckia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- لامركية
- Chinese
- 金颈草
- Czech
- Zlatochvost zlatý
- Dutch
- Pluimstaartje
- English
- Golden-top grass, Goldentop grass, Golden-top, Goldentop
- Estonian
- Lamarkia
- German
- Goldgras
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gulltopp
- Persian
- زردهچمن
- Russian
- Ламаркия золотистая
- Swedish
- Guldäxing
- Welsh
- Rhonwellt euraid
Synonyms
- Achyrodes aureum (L.) Kuntze
- Achyrodes aureum var. variegatum Kuntze
- Chrysurus aureus (L.) Besser
- Chrysurus aureus P.Beauv.
- Chrysurus cynosuroides Pers.
- Cynosurus aureus L.
- Lamarckia hookeriana Griff.
- Pterium elegans Desv.
- Tinaea elegans Garzia ex Parl.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 251 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Chaym Turak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Amanda Fisher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: jaumecanals, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pablo Silva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Justo Martín, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dariodelosreyes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Castillo Miguel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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.