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Ravennagrass

Tripidium ravennae (L.) H.Scholz

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Tripidium

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Ravennagrass (Tripidium ravennae)
Photo: Lyrae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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

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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.