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

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

• (≡) Eragrostis poaeoides P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
• (=) Eragrostis suaveolens A. K. Becker ex Claus
• (=) Poa eragrostis L.

Common names:

• little love grass  (Source: F Pak) - English
• small love grass  (Source: BSBI) - English
• small stink grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• little love grass  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• éragrostide faux-pâturin  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• kärleksgräs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
• WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Mauritania, Senegal

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman, Yemen
• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Egypt, [Sinai] Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia
• CHINA: China

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Nepal, Pakistan

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Russian Federation, [Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd] Russian Federation-European part, [European part (s.)] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain


Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

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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=301035. Accessed 6 July 2024.