Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michaux) Nees var. pectinacea
(Carolina Lovegrass)
Family: Poaceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
Eragrostis diffusa Buckley
Eragrostis purshii Schrader
Eragrostis pectinacea is a city sidewalk, yard, and roadside dweller. The lateral
pedicels hug tightly to the panicle branches.
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Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, Sept. 23, 2007
Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea, showing lateral pedicels appressed to panicle branches, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, Sept. 23, 2007
Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea, annual root system, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns.,
Pancho Cyn., Nov. 17, 2007
Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea, detail of panicle, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, Nov. 6, 2008
Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea, whole plant, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City near Scott Park, Aug. 7, 2009
Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea, lateral pedicels appressed to panicle, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City near Scott Park, Aug. 7, 2009
Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea, macro of spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City near Scott Park, Aug. 7, 2009
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