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Eragrostis cilianensis
Also called Stink Grass, Gray Love Grass, Strong Scented Lovegrass, Lovegrass
Stinkgrass is a strongly scented annual bunchgrass, native to Eurasia and Africa and now widespread as a weed in North America. It is grown rarely; it is mainly known as a wild grass that thrives in disturbed, sunny ground.
Eragrostis cilianensis is a species of grass known by several common names, including stinkgrass, candy grass, and gray lovegrass.
This plant is native to much of Eurasia and Africa but it is widely naturalized elsewhere, including nearly all of North America.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eragrostis cilianensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
