| Taxon | Eragrostis mexicana subsp. mexicana |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | eragrostis; love-grass; love grass; lovegrass; candy grass; candy-grass; candygrass |
| Species common name(s) | Mexican eragrostis; Mexican love-grass; Mexican love grass; Mexican lovegrass; Mexican spear grass |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | annual lovegrass is applied to multiple Eragrostis taxa; stinkgrass, stink-grass, stink grass, Mexican grass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa |
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| Notes | Mexican is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Eragrostis neomexicana Vasey ex L.H. Dewey |
