''Eragrostis cilianensis'' is a species of
grass known by several common names, including stinkgrass, candy grass, and gray lovegrass.
Distribution
This plant is native to much of
Eurasia and
Africa but it is widely
naturalized
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elsewhere, including nearly all of
North America
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.
Description
This is an annual
bunchgrass
Tussock grasses or bunch grasses are a group of grass species in the family Poaceae. They usually grow as singular plants in clumps, tufts, hummocks, or bunches, rather than forming a sod or lawn, in meadows, grasslands, and prairies. As perennial ...
forming tufts up to about half a meter in height. The stems are generally erect but may droop or bend. The stems have glandular tissue near the nodes and the long leaves are often dotted with glands as well. The plants have a strong scent.
The branching
inflorescences have one to several spikelets per branch. Each spikelet is greenish brown, sometimes very slightly purple-tinted, and one half to two centimeters long. It is somewhat flattened and lined with 10 to over 40
florets.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment — ''Eragrostis cilianensis''''Eragrostis cilianensis'' - U.C. Photo gallery
cilianensis
Bunchgrasses of Africa
Bunchgrasses of Asia
Bunchgrasses of Europe
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