Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn.

Feather Lovegrass

Herb

Annual

Vascular

Feather Lovegrass is an introduced annual herbaceous plant in the Grass family (Poaceae). It is native to the eastern hemisphere. It Alabama in can be found in the southern third of the state. Feather Lovegrass grows in cracks in parking lots and sidewalks, in vacant lots, and is a weed in plant nurseries. It is a low growing clump forming annual with decumbent or erect stems from 5-15 inches in length. The stems are glabrous or occasionally glandular below the nodes. The leaf sheaths are pubescent along the margins and at the apex. Leaves are alternate, linear, with entire margins. The leaves are glabrous above and glabrous or minutely pubescent below. Flowers are produced in terminal or axillary panicles. The panicles are cylindrical to ovate in outline and green or purplish in color. Spikelets contain 4-8 florets. The fruit is a grain. Feather Lovegrass is a small weedy species that can be very abundant in urban settings. The purple color of the panicles make the plants easy to spot when you are looking for them.--A. Diamond

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Not Native

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