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Enneapogon

bottle washers
pappus grass
Enneapogon nigricans.jpg
Enneapogon nigricans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Enneapogon
Desv. ex P.Beauv.
Type species
Enneapogon desvauxii
Desv. ex P.Beauv.
Synonyms
  • Pappophorum sect. Enneapogon (Desv. ex P. Beauv.) Hack.
  • Pappophorum sect. Enneapogon (Desv. ex P. Beauv.) Trin.
  • Calotheria Wight & Arn. ex Steud.

Enneapogon is a cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family.

They are generally known as niggerheads, bottle washers or pappus grass. These perennial grass species are found in tropical and warm temperate areas. They have small, narrow inflorescences.


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