Eragrostis lehmanniana
Eragrostis prolifera
Lehmann lovegrass, Lehmann's love grass
Dominican lovegrass
(20)40-80 cm, erect, commonly geniculate, sometimes rooting at the lower nodes, glabrous, lower portions sometimes scabridulous.
85-130(150) cm, stiffly erect, glabrous below the nodes.
sometimes shortly silky pilose basally, hairs less than 2 mm, apices sparsely hairy, hairs to 3 mm;
ligules 0.3-0.5 mm, ciliate;
blades 2-12 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, flat to involute, glabrous, abaxial surfaces sometimes scabridulous, adaxial surfaces scabridulous.
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.
7-18 cm long, 2-8 cm wide, oblong, open;
primary branches 1-8 cm, appressed or diverging to 40° from the rachises;
pulvini glabrous;
pedicels 0.5-4 mm, diverging or appressed, flexible.
(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.
5-12(14) mm long, 0.8-1.2 mm wide, linear-lanceolate, plumbeous to stramineous, with 4-12(14) florets;
disarticulation irregular to basipetal, paleas usually persistent.
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.
oblong to lanceolate, membranous;
lower glumes 1-1.5 mm;
upper glumes 1.3-2 mm;
lemmas 1.5-1.7 mm, ovate, membranous, lateral veins inconspicuous, apices acute to obtuse;
paleas 1.4-1.7 mm, obtuse;
anthers 3, 0.6-0.9 mm, yellowish.
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.
0.6-0.8 mm, ellipsoid to obovoid, dorsally compressed, sometimes with a shallow adaxial groove, smooth, translucent, mostly light brown, embryo region dark brown with a greenish ring.
0.6-0.9 mm, ovoid, flattened ventrally, finely striate, reddish-brown.
= 40, 60.
= 40.
Eragrostis lehmanniana
Eragrostis prolifera
Eragrostis lehmanniana is native to southern Africa, where it grows in sandy, savannah habitats. It was introduced for erosion control in the southern United States, where it often displaces native species. In the Flora region, it grows in sandy flats, along roadsides, on calcareous slopes, and in disturbed areas, at 200-1830 m. It is commonly found in association with Larrea tridentata, Opuntia, Quercus, Juniperus, and Bouteloua gracilis.
(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.)
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