Eragrostis plana
Common name
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.
ERAPLA
Conservation status
Not applicable
Year naturalised
1964
Origin
Africa
Etymology
eragrostis: From the Greek eros ‘love’ and agrostis ‘grass’
plana: From the Latin planum ‘plane’, referring to a flat or level surface