The common explanation of this name is that it derives from the Greek eros, “love,” and agrostis, “grass,” of unknown application but giving the genus its common name of “lovegrass.” However, according to Umberto Quattrocchi, others have suggested that it actually derives from the Greek era, “earth.”
Species
pilosa
From the Latin pilosus meaning “hairy,” from pilus, “a hair,” thus covered with long, soft hairs