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Taxon:  Eragrostis laniflora Benth.



Summary
Genus:
Eragrostis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Eragrostideae
Subtribe:
Eragrostidinae
Nomen number:
15264
Place of publication:
Fl. austral. 7:648. 1878
Verified:
09/29/2000 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
  2. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
  3. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  4. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  5. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  6. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  7. Lazarides, M. 1997. A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 10:127.
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
hairy-flower woollybutt grass –
woollybutt grass –
woolly-flower lovegrass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=15264. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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