weeping lovegrass

Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

Description from Invasive.org

Appearance: Eragrostis curvula is a warm-season, perennial grass that can grow to 4 ft. (1.2 m) tall.
Foliage: Leaves are arched, 0.11-0.16 in. (3-4 mm) wide, flat, with ciliate ligules. Sheaths have long hairs inside the upper margin and along the collar. Spikelets are nodding, 0.2-0.4 in. (4-10 mm) long, 0.06-0.07 in. (1.5-2 mm) wide and gray-green.
Flowers: Flower spikelets are elongated, flattened, and have 4 to 13 small flowers. Flowering occurs during early summer and continues through fall.
Fruit: Seed heads are panicles that contain many tiny seeds. The seed heads can grow from 30-40 in. (0.8-1 m) tall
Ecological Threat: Eragrostis curvula inhabits disturbed places such as roadsides and is native to South Africa. It has been planted for erosion control in the southwestern United States and is also used widely as an ornamental.

Resources

Weed Field Guide - USDA Forest Service

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Plant(s) habit
Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s) Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Misc. Publ. No. 200. Washington, DC.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database , USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org
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Seed(s)
Steve Hurst, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org
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Flower(s) inflorescence.
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org
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Stem(s) tuft of hairs at base of inflorescence branches.
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org
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Stem(s) collar and sheath.
Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org
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Spikelet(s) Spikelet tip with two fertile florets still attached. Note that the brown caryopses can be seen through the ± translucent lemmas.
D. Walters and C. Southwick, USDA, Bugwood.org
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