Erioneuron
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Erioneuron pulchellum
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3 to 5 - see text |
Erioneuron is a genus of grasses sometimes called by the common name woollygrass. There are only three to five species, all of which are native to South and Central America and the southern half of North America. These are tufty grasses with hairy spikelets.
Species include:
- Erioneuron avenaceum - shortleaf woollygrass, large-flowered tridens
- Erioneuron nealleyi - Nealley's woollygrass
- Erioneuron pilosum - hairy woollygrass
- Erioneuron pulchellum syn. Tridens pulchellum - fluff grass