Eragrostis dielsii Pilg. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Eragrostis dielsii Pilg.

Summary

Genus:

Eragrostis

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Chloridoideae

Tribe:

Eragrostideae

Subtribe:

Eragrostidinae

Nomen number:

27894

Place of publication:

F. L. E. Diels & E. Pritzel, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 35:76. 1904

Verified:

04/30/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

4 (4 active, 2 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

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Reference(s)

Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. Flora of Victoria. 1993-
Gardner, C. Flora of Western Australia. 1952
Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Lazarides, M. 1997. A revision of Eragrostis (Eragrostideae, Eleusininae, Poaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 10:113.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).

Common names

English
mallee love grass –
mulka grass –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Northern Territory
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	South Australia
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Victoria
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Western Australia

Native
Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	forage		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=27894. Accessed 19 July 2025.