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Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Janch.

Synonyms

Briza eragrostis, Briza megastachya, Briza oblonga, Briza purpurascens, Calotheca purpurascens, Eragrostis argentina, Eragrostis articulata, Eragrostis costata, Eragrostis eragrostis, Eragrostis flexuosa, Eragrostis leersioides, Eragrostis major, Eragrostis megalostachya, Eragrostis megastachya, Eragrostis minor, Eragrostis monodii, Eragrostis multiflora, Eragrostis oblonga, Eragrostis pappiana, Eragrostis pappii, Eragrostis polyadenia, Eragrostis polymorpha, Eragrostis polysperma, Eragrostis pooides, Eragrostis schweinfurthiana, Eragrostis starosselskyi, Eragrostis triticea, Eragrostis virletii, Eragrostis vulgaris, Erosion cilianense, Megastachya eragrostis, Megastachya leersioides, Megastachya oblonga, Megastachya obtusa, Megastachya purpurascens, Megastachya triticea, Poa cachectica, Poa cilianensis, Poa eragrostis, Poa flava, Poa flexuosa, Poa leersioides, Poa megastachya, Poa nuttallii, Poa oblonga, Poa obtusa, Poa pennsylvanica, Poa philadelphica, Poa polymorpha, Poa roxburghiana, Poa tortuosa, Poa triticea

Common names

Candy grass, hiban, Stinkgrass, tiraab

Extract from Wikipedia article

Eragrostis cilianensis is a species of grass known by several common names, including stinkgrass, candy grass, and gray lovegrass.

Stinkgrass (candy grass, Eragrostis cilianensis) near Zekreet in western Qatar, March 3, 2014
Abdulla Bin Jasim Street, Dukhan, Qatar

Stinkgrass (candy grass, Eragrostis cilianensis) in area of Uwaynat Bin Husayn (Water Well) near Simaisma. Qatar, April 18, 2014
Al Khor Coastal Road, Qatar

Candy grass (Eragrostis cilianensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Spike of candy grass (Eragrostis cilianensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Spikes of stinkgrass (Eragrostis cilianensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Spike of candy grass (Eragrostis cilianensis) against blue sky in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Brown spikes of candy grass (Eragrostis cilianensis) in a roadside depression of Khawzan Road. Qatar, February 20, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Candy grass (Eragrostis cilianensis) in Yoodah depression near Al Zubara Road. Northern Qatar, February 27, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Links

• Flora of Qatar.
• Unknown plants or plants without names.
• Duplicate and extra pictures of plants.
• Earlier version of collection of plants.
• Other collections of pictures from Qatar: Lizards of Qatar, Cats of Qatar, Camels of Qatar, and Fish of Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Outside links

• Eragrostis cilianensis, Wikipedia article
• Eragrostis cilianensis from www.catalogueoflife.org
• Ekhlas M. M. Abdel Bary, The Flora of Qatar, Volume I: The Dicotyledons. Doha 2012
• Flora of Qatar, Volume II: The Monocotyledons
• Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar. John Norton et al. 2009
• Qatar eNature. Flora
• Ali Al-Rawi, Flowering plants of Kuwait, 1985
• Plants of Kuwait
• Flora of Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim Region
• Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia by Rain and Dust at Flickr
• Plants of South-Western Morocco
• Pictures from Qatar (Flickr/cpmkutty)
• Arabian plants by Gary Brown
• Flora of Israel

How the web page was created

• A list of plants with their common names was written using online sources and books.
• Web pages were written by a program consisting of several scripts.
• Full names, synonyms, and classification of plants were found online from catalogueoflife.org and theplantlist.org using a script.
• Pictures of plants were selected from a database using a script.
• This web page was written using a script.

Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.