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Sloughgrass

Beckmannia

Also called Slough Grasses

Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as: Grass, Annual, Perennial

About

Beckmannia is a small genus of grasses containing two species known generally as sloughgrass. Beckmannia eruciformis is an Eurasian perennial, and Beckmannia syzigachne is an annual grass found in North America and Asia. The genus was named for the German scientist Johann Beckmann.

Other Beckmannia plants

European Slough Grass · American sloughgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Beckmannia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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