Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Eriochloa contracta
Eriochloa contracta Hitchc.
Prairie Cupgrass
Poaceae (Grass Family)
USDA Symbol: ERCO8USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (I)
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Specimen & Label Data
Eriochloa contracta
Prairie Cupgrass
Poaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes, Texas.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: West facing hill, in full sun, stoney soil with good dirt and a little humus.
Description: Tufted annual with culms 6 dm long, geniculate. Ligule with a fringe 1.5 mm long, blades 15 cm long and 4 mm wide. Panicle narrow with overlapping, erect racemes. Pedicels scabrous. Fertile lemma with awn .5 mm long.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Jun 7, 1995
Specimen number: 169
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1035
Accession Date: Aug 5, 1995
Accession Number: 84
Annotations: S-FXB (In fruit)