Eragrostis curvula

Weeping love grass

Family: Poaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Weeping love grass is a naturalized perennial grass found in the Central Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, southern coastal ranges, San Bernardino Mountains, Peninsular Ranges, and Mojave Desert at elevations below 700 meters, commonly growing along roadsides. Flowering from August to October, this grass produces small gray-green spikelets with purple anthers in open, generally nodding inflorescences up to 35 centimeters wide. Growing in dense tufts with erect, unbranched stems 40 to 120 centimeters tall, it forms distinctive clumps with long, thread-like leaves that taper to a narrow point. Its leaves are narrow and inrolled, typically 20 to 50 centimeters long, with slightly rough surfaces and long hairs near the collar. The fruit is a small, light brown seed approximately 1.5 millimeters long, produced in flexible, open branching clusters.

Habitat: Roadsides

Bloom period: Aug-Oct

Elevation: < 700 m

Bioregions: CaRF, GV, SCoRO, SnBr, PR, DMoj

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