Eragrostis superbaPeyr.

Wilman lovegrass

WFO wfo-0000868497 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Eragrostis superba, photographed by Ryan Donnelly
fig. a Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-27 / obs. 201737280
Eragrostis superba, photographed by Margaret Burger
fig. b Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 188540335
Eragrostis superba, photographed by Andrew Tree
fig. c Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155026251
Eragrostis superba, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. d Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 129152306
Eragrostis superba, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. e Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 106299446
Eragrostis superba, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. f Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105280884
Eragrostis superba, photographed by Cleveland Powell
fig. g Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101776182
Eragrostis superba, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. h Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100092157

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Eragrostis superba is native: Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBotswanaCape ProvincesCaprivi StripCongoDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateGabonGulf of Guinea Is.KenyaKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNorthern ProvincesSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Eragrostis superba, 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
Caprivi Strip CPV
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Gabon GAB
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Northern Provinces TVL
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
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 alata Ficalho & Hiern
  • Eragrostis elata Munro ex Ficalho & Hiern
  • Eragrostis platystachys Franch.
  • Eragrostis superba var. contracta Peter
  • Uniola jardinii Steud. ex Jard.

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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