Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Eragrostis pectinacea
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.
Tufted Lovegrass, Tufted Love Grass
Poaceae (Grass Family)
USDA Symbol: ERPEUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N), CAN (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Eragrostis pectinacea
tufted lovegrass
Poaceae
Location: NE of low-water crossing of Salado Creek at road from Main Base of Ft Sam Houston to Pershing Firing Range, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun. Damp, alluvial soil, often flooded.
Description: Perennial w/short rhizomes. Culms 25-100 cm long, 1-1.5 mm thick, rooting at lower nodes, mostly erect. Leaves 3+ mm x 4-13 cm. Panicle 5-18 cm w/few diverging branches. Spikelets closely imbricate, 2.5-3 mm long.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Oct 5, 1994
Specimen number: 682
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0964
Accession Date: Nov 22, 1994
Accession Number: 76
Annotations: SCFRB (In flower & fruit)
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees exStoud var. pectinacea
det. Floyd R. Waller 1995
Label: Leersia virginica