Poaceae
Ravennagrass
Tripidium ravennae
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Tripidium
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- رفناء الحدائق
- Armenian
- Գեղմնախոտ ռավենյան, Գեղմնածաղիկ
- arz
- ساكاروم رافينا
- Bulgarian
- Равенски ериантус
- Chinese
- 沙生蔗茅, 下可, 库姆西, 皮山蔗茅
- Czech
- Třtinovec jižní, Třtinovník jižní
- English
- Ravennagrass, Ravenna grass, Ekra, Hardy pampas grass, Italian sugarcane
- French
- Canne d'Italie, Canne de Ravenne
- German
- Ravennagras
- grc
- Φλέως
- Hungarian
- Tollfű, Ravennai szakállka
- Persian
- تباشیر هندی
- Polish
- Cukrowiec raweński, Trawa raweńska, Włosokwiat
- Uzbek
- Savagʻich
Synonyms
- Agrostis ravennae (L.) P.Beauv.
- Andropogon caudatus M.Bieb.
- Andropogon ravennae L.
- Erianthus elephantinus Hook.f.
- Erianthus jamaicensis (Trin.) Andersson
- Erianthus monstierii Carrière
- Erianthus parviflorus Pilg.
- Erianthus purpurascens Andersson
- Erianthus ravennae (L.) P.Beauv.
- Erianthus ravennae subsp. parviflorus (Pilg.) H.Scholz
- Erianthus ravennae subvar. jamaicensis Hack.
- Erianthus ravennae var. binervis Chiov.
- Erianthus ravennae var. jamaicensis (Trin.) Hack.
- Erianthus ravennae var. purpurascens (Andersson) Hack.
- Erianthus scriptorius Bubani
- Ripidium elephantinum (Hook.f.) Grassl
- Ripidium ravennae (L.) Trin.
- Saccharum elephantinum (Hook.f.) V.Naray. ex Bor
- Saccharum jamaicense Trin.
- Saccharum parviflorum (Pilg.) Pilg.
- Saccharum ravennae (L.) L.
- Tripidium ravennae subsp. parviflorum (Pilg.) H.Scholz
Flowers
- In flower
- January, June to October (from 21 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

Photo: Lyrae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Keith Edkins, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: farooqarham29, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Villafruela ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Viader Gerard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Greghig Jirheg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Villafruela ., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: pietro.bianco, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Greghig Jirheg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Naturgrama, 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). About our plant data.