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

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

• (≡) Eragrostis chaetophylla Steud.

Common names:

• bristly love grass  (Source: F Victoria) - English
• narrow-leaf neverfail  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• neverfail grass  (Source: Econ Pl Aust) - English
• neverfail love grass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• perennial love grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage;

Distributional Range:

Native

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria (n.w.), Western Australia, Northern Territory]

References:

1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
2. Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993-. Flora of Victoria.
3. Green, J. W. 1985. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia
4. Harden, G. J., ed. 1990-1993. Flora of New South Wales.
5. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
6. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
7. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
8. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
9. Lazarides, M. 1997. A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 10:147.
10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

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=15313. Accessed 5 July 2024.