Eragrostis lehmannianaNees

Lehmann lovegrass

WFO wfo-0000867940 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Eragrostis lehmanniana, photographed by Dominic Gentilcore
fig. a Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-19 / obs. 151919690
Eragrostis lehmanniana, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 139820611
Eragrostis lehmanniana, photographed by Luke Padon
fig. c Luke Padon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 104248799
Eragrostis lehmanniana, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. d CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61496789
Eragrostis lehmanniana, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. e CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59332251
Eragrostis lehmanniana, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. f Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 55871711
Eragrostis lehmanniana, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. g Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107796195
Eragrostis lehmanniana, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. h Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177281655

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Eragrostis lehmanniana is native: Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaCape ProvincesFree StateKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Eragrostis lehmanniana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Cape Provinces CPP
Free State OFS
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Eragrostis chaunantha Pilg.
  • Eragrostis lehmanniana var. chaunantha (Pilg.) De Winter
  • Eragrostis lehmanniana var. lehmanniana
  • Eragrostis pseudoteff Peter
  • Eragrostis vansonii Bremek. & Oberm.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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