Texas Wildbuds
Eragrostis lehmanniana
(Lehmann’s Lovegrass)
Eragrostis lehmanniana, Window View Trail, Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park 3468
Eragrostis lehmanniana, Window View Trail, Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park 3469
Eragrostis lehmanniana, Window View Trail, Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park 3469
Eragrostis lehmanniana, Window View Trail, Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park 3464
Eragrostis lehmanniana, Laguna Meadows Trail, Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park 08657
Eragrostis lehmanniana, Laguna Meadows Trail, Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park 08642
| Scientific Name | Eragrostis lehmanniana | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ERLE |
| Common Name | Lehmann's Lovegrass | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 565171 |
| Family | Poaceae (Grass) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Various soils; grasslands, flats, hillsides, disturbed sites, roadsides, displacing native species; 3,000 to 4,500 ft. Plant: Tufted perennial; culms erect or ascending, geniculate (bent like a knee) and rooting at lower nodes, 17 to 31 inches tall. Foliage: Leaf blades 1 inch to 4-3/4 inches long, 1 to 3 mm wide, with flat to involute (rolled up) edges; open sheaths 1/3 to 1/2 the distance between noded, smooth except for sparse short hairs at the tips. Inflorescence: Open panicles 2-3/4 to 7 inches long and 3/4 to 3 inches wide with ascending to slightly spreading branches; spikelets are linear, dark gray-green to straw colored, several to 12-flowered; small, pointed glumes about 1.5 mm long. Bloom Period: June to August. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, SEINet and Texas Invasives. | BONAP Distribution Map Map Color Key |
Texas Status: INVASIVE |
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