EPPO Global Database

Eragrostis ciliaris(ERACI)

Overview
Code created in: 2004-04-20

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ERACI
  • Preferred name: Eragrostis ciliaris
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Brown

Notes

Southern Mediterranean, Western Asia (Arabia, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar, Vietnam), Africa (practically throughout). Introduced in USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone)

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cynodon ciliaris Raspail
Eragrostis ciliaris var. ciliaris (Linnaeus) Brown
Eragrostis pobeguinii Stapf
Eragrostis tenax Stapf
Eragrostis villosa Trinius
Poa ciliaris Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
gophertail lovegrass English (US)
woolly lovegrass English
gramita Spanish (CU)
barbicha-de-alemão Portuguese (BR)
capim-de-canario Portuguese (BR)
capim-de-rola Portuguese (BR)
capim-mimoso Portuguese (BR)
capim-pelo-de-rato Portuguese (BR)
полевичка тоненькая Russian