Eragrostis cilianensis
Common names
stink grass
Family
Poaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Grasses
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
ERACIL
Conservation status
Not applicable
Simplified description
Stems, slender, smooth 30–60 cm tall, branched at top, several usually arising from root crown. Leaves have smooth sheaths except for hairs on upper portion, and flat, smooth blades 1.5–7.5 mm wide. Panicles branched, the branches moderately spreading, bearing numerous spikelets 6–15 mm long. Spikelets flat, containing 20–40 florets or seeds; dark grey-green to purple (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981).
Year naturalised
1906
Origin
Mediterranean
Etymology
eragrostis: From the Greek eros ‘love’ and agrostis ‘grass’
Seed
Seeds, egg shaped, 0.8 mm in diameter, orange red (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981).
References and further reading
Wax LM, Fawcett RS, Isley D, eds. 1981. Weeds of the North Central States. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Agriculture, Illinois, USA. 303 p.