Eragrostis ciliaris

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Poaceae}}

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• Andropogon amboinicus {{small|(L.) Merr.}}
• Cynodon ciliaris {{small|(L.) Raspail}}
• Eragrostis amboinensis {{small|Trin. ex Steud.}}
• Eragrostis amboinica {{small|(L.) Druce}}
• Eragrostis arabica {{small|Jaub. & Spach}}
• Eragrostis boryana {{small|(Willd.) Steud.}}
• Eragrostis ciliaris subsp. brachystachya {{small|(Boiss.) H.Scholz}}
• Eragrostis compta {{small|Link}}
• Eragrostis lasseri {{small|Luces}}
• Eragrostis lobata {{small|Trin.}}
• Eragrostis pulchella {{small|Parl.}}
• Eragrostis villosa {{small|Trin.}}
• Erosion ciliare {{small|(L.) Lunell}}
• Macroblepharus contractus {{small|Phil.}}
• Megastachya boryana {{small|(Willd.) Roem. & Schult.}}
• Megastachya ciliaris {{small|(L.) P.Beauv.}}
• Poa amboinensis {{small|L.}}
• Poa amboinica {{small|L.}}
• Poa boryana {{small|Willd.}}
• Poa ciliaris {{small|L.}}
• Poa compta {{small|(Link) Kunth}}
• Poa elegans {{small|Poir.}}
• Poa elliptica {{small|Willd. ex Steud.}}
• Poa lobata {{small|(Trin.) Kunth}}

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Eragrostis ciliaris, the gophertail lovegrass, is a species of grass (family Poaceae).{{cite journal |title=Eragrostis ciliaris (gophertail lovegrass) |year=2018 |last1=Duenas-Lopez |first1=Manuel Angel |website=Invasive Species Compendium |publisher=CAB International |doi=10.1079/ISC.110236.20203482895 |s2cid=242347987 |quote=... Common Names ... gophertail grass; lovegrass; woolly love grass|doi-access=free }} It is native to the Old World Tropics; nearly all of Africa, Madagascar, other Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines and a number of Pacific islands, and has been introduced to the New World Tropics and Subtropics, from the southern United States to Argentina, the Caribbean, and other Pacific islands.{{cite POWO |id=1156566-2 |title=Eragrostis ciliaris (L.) R.Br. |access-date=22 February 2022 }} Its seeds are edible and nutritious, but quite small and difficult to harvest and handle, so it is usually regarded as a famine food.{{cite web |url=http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Eragrostis+ciliaris |title=Useful Tropical Plants Eragrostis ciliaris |last1=Fern |first1=Ken |date=30 July 2021 |website=tropical.theferns.info |publisher=Tropical Plants Database |access-date=22 February 2022 }}