Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Eragrostis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eragrostis spectabilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis spectabilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-11-012:
Eragrostis spectabilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis spectabilis
COMMON NAME:
Purple Lovegrass, Tumblegrass
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JK Marlow jkm200908_7121
September Spartanburg County SC
Spikelets usually purplish, 2-10 flowered, 1-6mm long. Pedicels rigid, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm200920_7318
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Panicle branches spreading, scaberulous, sparsely pilose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm200920_7323
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves pilose on both surfaces and on sheaths, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
JK Marlow jkm0210d_22
October Greenville County SC
Roadside
Airy panicles of reddish-purple flower spikelets rise to a height of 1-2', per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm0410c_15
October Greenville County SC
Field
Panicle 2/3 the height of the culm, diffuse, bright purple (rarely pale), per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
JK Marlow s021026_d1
October Greenville County SC
Roadside
Profusely & finely branched panicle, rigid upright, turning purple, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow s061028_c
October SC
Spikelets flattened clusters of 2-10 flowers in a herringbone arrangement, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.