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Erioneuron

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Poaceae

Scientific name
  
Erioneuron

Rank
  
Genus

Order
  
Poales

Subfamily
  
Chloridoideae

Higher classification
  
Grasses

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Similar
  
Grasses, Dasyochloa, Tridens, Munroa, Lycurus

Erioneuron is a genus of New World plants in the grass family native to southern North America and southern South America. They are sometimes called by the common name woollygrass. These are tufty grasses with hairy spikelets.

Species
  1. Erioneuron avenaceum (Kunth) Tateoka - shortleaf woollygrass - United States (AZ NM TX), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
  2. Erioneuron pilosum (Buckley) Nash - hairy woollygrass - United States (AZ NM TX OK KS CO UT NV CA), Mexico (from Chihuahua to Oaxaca), Argentina, Bolivia
formerly included
  • Erioneuron pulchellum - Dasyochloa pulchella
  • References

    Erioneuron Wikipedia