Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Eragrostis diffusa Buckley
• Basionym: Poa pectinacea Michx.

Common names:

• Carolina love grass  (Source: Atlas Florida) - English
• tufted love grass  (Source: Atlas Florida) - English
• tufted love grass  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• éragrostide pectinée  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)

Economic Importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant;

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (s.), Nova Scotia, Ontario (s.)]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), Indiana, Maine (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), Massachusetts (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), Michigan, New Hampshire (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), Vermont (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=2738), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina (s.w.), Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Baja California Sur]
• SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Colima, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit]

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Bahamas
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.)


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

References:

1. Angelo, R. & D. E. Boufford. Atlas of the flora of New England (on-line resource). Note: lists as Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.
2. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
3. CONABIO. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad en Mexico. Sistema Integrado de Información Taxonómica (SIIT) (on-line resource).
4. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. Note: lists as Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees
5. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 40.
6. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana. Note: with two varieties
7. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
8. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
9. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. Note: lists as Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees
10. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: lists as Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.
11. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Note: lists as E. pectinacea (Michx.) Nees
12. Peterson, P. M. & J. Valdés-Reyna. 2005. Eragrostis (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Eragrostideae: Eragrostidinae) from northeastern Mexico. Sida 21:1403-1406.
13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
14. Veldkamp, J. F. 2002. Revision of Eragrostis (Gramineae, Chloridoideae) in Malesia. Blumea 47:182.
15. Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora. Note: lists as E. pectinacea (Michx.) Nees
16. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. Note: lists as Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees
17. Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource). URL: https://herbarium.utk.edu/vascular/vascular-database.php?CategoryID=Monocots&FamilyID=Poaceae&GenusID=Eragrostis&SpeciesID=pectinacea target='_blank'
18. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource). Note: lists as Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Jedwabn.
19. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47 Note: lists as Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=15292. Accessed 5 July 2024.