What is "lycurus"

Lycurus is a small genus of New World plants in the grass family, native to North and South America.

These grasses are known commonly as wolfstails.

1. Lycurus phalaroides Kunth - Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina
2. Lycurus phleoides Kunth - southwestern + south-central USA ( AZ UT CO NM TX OK), northern + central Mexico, Bolivia, Peru
3. Lycurus setosus (Nutt.) C.Reeder - southwestern + south-central USA ( CA NV AZ UT CO NM TX OK KS), Mexico ( Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, San Luis Potosí), northern Argentina