Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Nees

First published in C.F.P.von Martius, Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 505 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Canada to Central Mexico. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Introduced into:

California, Great Britain, Italy

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 25: 1-781. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
{Schweinitz} [s.n.] United States K002947680 Yes
s.coll. [407] United States K002947678 Yes
Kriebel, R.M. [5206] United States K002947696 Yes
Balls, E.K. [7712] United States K002947686 Yes
[M. Christer] [s.n.] United States K002947690 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002947679 Yes
Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K002947674 Yes
Ball, C.R.; Pammel, L.H. [557] United States K002947677 Yes
Demaree, D. [61258] United States K002947697 Yes
Hall, E. [788] United States K002947704 Yes
Nash, G.V. [s.n.] United States K002947671 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002947676 Yes
Chase, A. [s.n.] United States K002947687 Yes
Kilborne, F.L. [s.n.] United States K001612894 Yes
{Hale} [s.n.] United States K002947691 Yes
[M. E. H.] [3499] United States K002947693 Yes
Chase, V.H. [9039] United States K002947694 Yes
Demaree, D. [61124] United States K002947701 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Weatherby, C.A. [s.n.] United States K002947685 Yes
{Drummond} [329] United States K002947702 Yes
Ruth, A. [s.n.] United States K002947692 Yes
Bush, B.F. [1383] India K002947683 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002947689 Yes
Gould, F.W. [12462] United States K002947698 Yes
Smith, O.B. [s.n.] United States K002947688 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [2135] United States K002947675 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002947672 Yes
Gould, F.W. [12438] United States K002947699 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002947684 Yes
Warren, E.M. [s.n.] Colombia K002947670 Yes
Brott, J. [s.n.] United States K002947673 Yes
{Drummond} [329] United States K002947703 Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States K002947700 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [2756] United States K002947682 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002947681 Yes
Harvey, L.H. [1832] United States K002947695 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0