Brown's Lovegrass

Family: Poaceae
Scientific name: Eragrostis brownii
Description: Plant Form Dense perennial grass Size Up to 60 cm tall Leaves Rolled and thin, smooth, hairless Flowers Spikelet clusters which are 4-17 cm long and tend to be more compact than open, spikelets 0.3-1.4 cm long, 2-3 mm wide Habitat Common native grass Distinguishing Features This species usually has somewhat compact clusters of spikelets which are more than twice as long as broad, compared to invasive species E. curvula and E. tenuifolia. Another exotic Eragrostis, E. cilianensis, is an annual grass, whereas E. brownii is longer-lived. Weed Status: Non-weedy native lookalike Weed Type: Lifeform: Grassy

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