Poaceae

Whitegrass

Leersia virginica Willd.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Leersia

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Whitegrass (Leersia virginica) — FlowerPhoto: Robert Ross, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Whitegrass

Synonyms

Aplexia virgata Raf.
Aplexia virginica Raf.
Asprella imbricata (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
Asprella ovata (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
Asprella virginica (Willd.) P.Beauv.
Homalocenchrus ovatus (Poir.) Kuntze
Homalocenchrus virginicus (Willd.) Britton
Leersia imbricata Poir.
Leersia oryzoides var. virginica (Willd.) Poir.
Leersia ovata Poir.
Leersia virgata Raf.
Leersia virginica var. brasiliensis Ekman
Leersia virginica var. ovata (Poir.) Fernald
Leersia virginica var. virginica

Flowers

Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Robert Ross, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: diana schwartz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: bill Rogers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: bill Rogers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: sam t, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rodney Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.