Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis spectabilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Eragrostis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis spectabilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis spectabilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Eragrostis spectabilis
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis spectabilis
COMMON NAME:
Purple Lovegrass, Tumblegrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_ersp_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_ersp_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230228_1307
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210818_2821
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190903_1167
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190903_1169
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190903_1171
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm200920_7315
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200920_7318
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Panicle branches spreading, scaberulous, sparsely pilose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Sorrie, 2011).
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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 (Hunter, 2002).
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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 (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eragrostis spectabilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eragrostis spectabilis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eragrostis spectabilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Eragrostis spectabilis
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eragrostis spectabilis
520
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, other dry woodlands, sandy fields, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets purplish
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p224
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p212
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p164
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p150
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p412
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p343
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