Tufted Lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees
Poaceae (Grass Family)
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Tufted Lovegrass:
· summer annual similar to stinkgrasss, but with larger, more open “airy” panicle inflorescences and smaller spikelets and florets; seedheads often gray-black or purplish in color
· leaf blades narrow, often rolled in on edges, and often have a tuft of white hairs at the collar region
· plants often have prostrate-spreading growth habit of foliage
· tolerates sandy, wet, and compacted soils; found in disturbed sites, cultivated fields, lawns, roadsides and riparian areas