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Yeager Canyon


Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants

Eragrostis spectabilis - purple lovegrass

Synonyms: Poa spectabilis, Eragrostis spectabilis var. sparsihirsuta
Other Common Names: petticoat-climber
Plant Form: Grass

Family: Poaceae


   
 
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Origin: Native    Season: Warm
Habitat Description: Associated with woodlands and grasslands. It also grows in fields, margins of woods, along roadsides, and in other disturbed sites, usually in sandy to clay loam soils.
Plant Communities:Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 2000 - 6000 feet


General Description

Desc: Tall bunchgrass with fine spreading seedhead with purple tinge.
Identification Notes: Tufted perennial erect or wide-spreading; short, knotty rhizomes; sheaths hairy along the margins and at collar; blades wide, flat or with margins rolling inward. Seedhead more than half the length of the plant; diffuse and purplish, lower axils hairy.
Grass Type: Perennial bunchgrass  Rhizomes: Y  Stolons: N
Large Dense Clump (> 2 feet): N  Bushy (highly branched): N
Height with Seedheads: 24 to 36 inches
Seedhead Structure: Branched - open and spreading  Seedhead Droops: N
Flowering Period: Jun - Oct
Flower Characteristics

Number of Flowers per Spikelet: Multi-flowered  Spikelets One-sided: N
Awns: Absent   Three Awns: N  Awns Bent: N
Flower and Seedhead Notes: Seedheads 10 to 18 inches long, 6 to 14 inches wide, open, basal portions sometimes included in the uppermost leaf sheaths. Spikelets 1/8 to 1/2 inch long, about 1/16 inch wide, narrow, longer than broad, reddish-purple.
Vegetative Charcteristics

Blade Hairy: Y    Blade with White Margins: N    Blade Cross section: Flat or involute
Blade Notes: Blades 4 to 13 inches long, 1/8 to 1/2 inch wide, flat to inwardly rolled, both surfaces usually soft-hairy, but maybe without hairs.
Sheath Hairy: Y    Tuft of Hairs at top of Sheath or Collar: Y    Ligules: Hairy
Auricles (Ear-like lobes at collar area: N

Forage Value: Fair to poor.


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