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Habit Plants perennial, (45)60–150 cm tall, cespitose, without glands.
Culms

erect, glabrous.

Leaves

mostly basal;

sheaths with scattered hairs to 9 mm;

blades 12–50(65) cm × 1–3 mm.

Inflorescences

16–35(40) × (4)8– 24 cm; ovate to oblong; open;

primary branches 3–14 cm, diverging 10–80° from the inflorescence axis;

pedicels 0.5–5 mm, appressed; flexible;

disarticulation irregular or acropetal;

basal rachilla internodes persistent.

Spikelets

4–8.2(10) × 1.2–2 mm, gray to yellowish, with 3–10 florets.

Glumes

lanceolate; hyaline;

lower glumes 1.2–2.6 mm;

upper glumes 2–3 mm.

Caryopses

1–1.7 mm, ellipsoid to obovoid, dorsally compressed, with or without a shallow; broad groove.

Lemmas

1.8–3 mm; ovate, membranous;

lateral veins conspicuous;

tips acute.

Paleas

1.8–3 mm; hyaline to membranous, obtuse.

Anthers

3, 0.6–1.2 mm; reddish brown.

2n

=40, 60, 80.

Eragrostis curvula

Distribution
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Discussion

Roadsides, weedy meadows, disturbed areas. 0–900m. BW, Casc, Col, ECas, Sisk, WV. CA, WA; east across southern US to VA and FL, south to Mexico; southern Africa. Exotic.

Eragrostis curvula is a densely cespitose plant that produces a nodding panicle in late summer. It slightly resembles a fineleaved fescue.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 404
Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting
Sibling taxa
E. cilianensis, E. hypnoides, E. lutescens, E. mexicana, E. minor, E. pectinacea, E. pilosa
Synonyms Eragrostis curvula var. curvula
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