Poaceae
Common russet grass
Loudetia simplex
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Loudetia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Stingelgras
- English
- Common russet grass
- ff
- Sufuwel
- Finnish
- Ruostehiusheinä
Synonyms
- Arundinella hildebrandtii Mez
- Arundinella simplex (Nees) Roberty
- Arundinella stipoides Hack.
- Loudetia camerunensis (Stapf) C.E.Hubb.
- Loudetia elegans Hochst.
- Loudetia madagascariensis (Baker) Bosser
- Loudetia perrieri A.Camus
- Loudetia pilgeriana Conert
- Loudetia simplex subsp. stipoides (Hack.) Bosser
- Loudetia stipoides (Hack.) Conert
- Stipa madagascariensis Baker
- Trichopteryx camerunensis Stapf
- Trichopteryx elegans (A.Braun) Hack.
- Trichopteryx elegans var. subulifolia Franch.
- Trichopteryx elisabethvilleana De Wild.
- Trichopteryx gracilis Peter
- Trichopteryx incompta Franch.
- Trichopteryx kapiriensis De Wild.
- Trichopteryx nigritiana Stapf
- Trichopteryx simplex (Nees) Engl.
- Trichopteryx simplex var. crinita Stapf
- Trichopteryx simplex var. gracilis Rendle
- Trichopteryx simplex var. longifolia Peter
- Trichopteryx simplex var. minor Stapf
- Trichopteryx simplex var. sericea Stapf
- Trichopteryx stipoides (Hack.) Hack. ex Scott Elliot
- Trichopteryx stipoides var. natalensis Hack.
- Tristachya elegans (A.Braun) A.Rich.
- Tristachya simplex Nees
Flowers
- In flower
- January to February (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
FlowerPhoto: bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: MNHN - Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, GF - 2004, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bat, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.