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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis curvula   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis curvula   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Eragrostis curvula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Eragrostis curvula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-007:

Eragrostis curvula   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Eragrostis curvula

 

COMMON NAME:
Weeping Lovegrass


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image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_ercu2_001_lvd

        

image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0401d_21

January    Greenville County    SC

Field

image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0405u_33

May    Greenville County    SC

Utility right-of-way

image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0405v_04

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0406d_08

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Culms 60-120cm tall, densely tufted, erect, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

JK Marlow    s040604_a

June    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Panicles 20-30cm long, branches solitary or in pairs, ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0407a_15

July    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Commonly planted as a roadbank stabilizer, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0210e_07a

October    Greenville County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Leaves greatly elongate, to 1m long, 1.5-3mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0210e_09a

October    Greenville County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Blades elongate, involute, attenuate to a fine point, arcuate spreading, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0210e_10a

October    Greenville County    SC

Utility right-of-way

image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0312a_17

December    Greenville County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Is fire resistant and shows some capability to spread into natural habitats, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Eragrostis curvula, Weeping Lovegrass

JK Marlow    jkm0312a_27

December    Greenville County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Spikelets 7-11 flowered, 8-10mm long, gray-green, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis curvula   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis curvula   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis curvula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eragrostis curvula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-007:
Eragrostis curvula   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis curvula

 

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518

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: southern Africa

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Spikelets gray-green

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish
Grain

 

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