Minnesota Seasons - purple lovegrass


purple lovegrass				More photos…
Eragrostis spectabilis

Taxonomy	Family:	Poaceae (grass)
	No Rank:	PACMAD clade
	Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
	Tribe:	Eragrostideae
	Subtribe:	Eragrostidinae

Nativity	Native
Status	Locally common.
Habitat	Dry. Shortgrass prairies, fields, woodland margins, roadsides, disturbed areas. Full sun.
Flowering
Height	12″ to 32″

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Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.

Sightings	Afton State Park Agassiz Dunes SNA Blanket Flower Prairie SNA Bunker Hills Regional Park Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Kellogg-Weaver Dunes SNA Kellogg-Weaver Unit Weaver Dunes Unit Lost Valley Prairie SNA			Ordway Prairie Osmundson Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA River Terrace Prairie SNA Western Prairie SNA Wild River State Park

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Synonyms	Eragrostis geyeri Eragrostis pectinacea var. spectabilis Eragrostis spectabilis var. sparsihirsuta Eragrostis spectabilis var. spectabilis Eragrostis velutina Megastachya spectabilis Poa amabilis Poa hirsuta var. spectabilis Poa pectinacea Poa spectabilis Poa villosa

Common Names	petticoat-climber purple love grass purple lovegrass