Eragrostis curvula |
Eragrostis cilianensis |
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weeping lovegrass |
stinkgrass |
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Habit | Ill-smelling annual, the hollow stems erect to decumbent, 1-5 dm. tall, with pit-like depressions just below the nodes. | |
Leaves | Sheaths open, glandular, the throat with hairs up to 2 mm. long; ligules a fringe of straight hairs nearly 1 mm. long; blades flat to folded, 2-5 mm. broad. |
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Flowers | Inflorescence a condensed panicle 7-15 cm. long, tapered from the base upward; spikelets ovate-oblong, up to 40-flowered, flattened, about 3 mm. broad; glumes keeled, subequal, 2-2.5 mm. long, the first 1-nerved, the second 3-nerved; lemmas awnless, with 3 prominent, non-converging nerves, strongly glandular on the keel. |
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Eragrostis curvula |
Eragrostis cilianensis |
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Flowering time | June-July | June-October |
Habitat | Distrubed areas where open, and forest edge. | Disturbed areas and waste land, and along streams and pond margins. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across the southern U.S. to eastern North America.
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Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin | Introduced from southern Africa | Introduced from Europe |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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