Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Eragrostis intermedia A.S. Hitchcock
(Plains Lovegrass)
Family: Poaceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Eragrostis intermedia is a perennial with a large, broad, open panicle. The
lemmas are less than 2.2mm long.
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Eragrostis intermedia, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos
Eragrostis intermedia, detail of spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, Oct. 4, 2007
Eragrostis intermedia, showing adult lemma <2.2mm, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, Oct. 14, 2007
Eragrostis intermedia, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 25, 2022
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