Eragrostis ciliaris
Eragrostis prolifera
gophertail lovegrass
Dominican lovegrass
(3)9-75 cm, erect or geniculate in the lower portion, not rooting at the lower nodes, glabrous.
85-130(150) cm, stiffly erect, glabrous below the nodes.
hairy on the margins and at the apices, hairs to 4 mm;
ligules 0.2-0.5 mm;
blades 1.8-12(15) cm long, 2-5 mm wide, usually flat, occasionally involute, glabrous or ciliate basally.
glabrous or hairy at the apices, hairs to 4 mm;
ligules 0.1-0.2 mm;
blades 25-50 cm long, 1.5-6 mm wide, flat to involute, glabrous abaxially, scabridulous adaxially, sometimes also with a few scattered hairs near the base.
1.7-15 cm long, 0.2-5 cm wide, cylindrical, contracted or open, branches usually forming glomerate lobes, sometimes more open, often interrupted in the lower portion;
primary branches 0.4-4 cm, appressed or diverging to 50° from the rachises;
pulvini usually glabrous, occasionally sparsely pilose;
pedicels 0.1-1 mm, erect, shorter than the spikelets, glabrous.
(10)20-50(60) cm long, 2-8(10) cm wide, narrowly ovate, contracted to open;
primary branches mostly 2-14 cm, appressed or diverging up to 50°(90°) from the rachises, spikelets congested near the base of the branches;
pulvini glabrous;
pedicels 0.3-2.4 mm, appressed, always shorter than the spikelets.
1.8-3.2 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, elliptical-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, yellowish-brown, sometimes with a purple tinge, with 6-11 florets;
disarticulation basipetal, glumes peristent.
3.2-10(12) mm long, 0.7-1.4 mm wide, linear-lanceolate, stramineous to plumbeous, sometimes with a reddish tinge, with (5)8-25 florets;
disarticulation acropetal, glumes first, then the lemmas, paleas persistent.
ovate to lanceolate, keels scabridulous, veins commonly green, apices acute;
lower glumes 0.7-1.2 mm;
upper glumes 1-1.6 mm;
lemmas 0.8-1.3 mm, elliptical-ovate to lanceolate, membranous, keels scabridulous, lateral veins evident, apices obtuse to acute;
paleas 0.8-1.3 mm, membranous, keels prominently ciliate, cilia 0.2-0.8 mm, apices obtuse to acute;
anthers 2, 0.1-0.3 mm, purplish.
subequal, ovate to lanceolate, hyaline;
lower glumes 1-1.5 mm;
upper glumes 1.1-1.6 mm;
lemmas 1.1-1.8(2) mm, ovate, membranous, apices acute;
paleas 0.8-1.7 mm, hyaline, narrower than the lemmas, apices obtuse to truncate;
anthers 2, 0.2-0.3 mm, purplish.
0.4-0.5 mm, ovoid, reddish-brown.
0.6-0.9 mm, ovoid, flattened ventrally, finely striate, reddish-brown.
= 20, 40.
= 40.
Eragrostis ciliaris
Eragrostis prolifera
Eragrostis ciliaris is native to the paleotropics. It is naturalized in parts of the United States, growing along roadsides, on waste sites, in xerothermic vegetation, and sometimes in saline habitats, at 0-200 m. It may be more widespread than indicated.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Eragrostis prolifera grows on beaches, in brackish water, and along roadsides, at elevations below 5 m in Florida. Its range extends southward from Florida through Mexico and Central America to Colombia.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Panicles 0.2-1.5 cm wide, contracted, the branches mostly appressed to the rachises, congested, forming glomerate lobes; spikelets densely packed | var. ciliaris |
1. Panicles 1.5-5 cm wide, open, the branches spreading 20-50° from the rachises; spikelets widely separated from each other | var. laxa |
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