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Eragrostis spectabilis

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Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
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Internal ID UUID64403037bf0b6916877223
Scientific name Eragrostis spectabilis
Authority (Pursh) Steud.
First published in Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 564 (1840)

Description Top

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Eragrostis spectabilis, commonly known as purple lovegrass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae native to North America from southern Canada to northeastern Mexico. It is an upright, tufted grass that grows from 30 to 70 cm tall and blooms in late summer to early fall, turning purple and containing the seeds. It prefers sandy soil and disturbed areas such as roadsides, plains, and woodlands, and is drought-, salt- and cold-resistant. It is often used in attempts to reintroduce native species in disturbed areas, as an erosion control plant, and as a lawn alternative. It also attracts several species of birds and butterflies, and its seeds are used as a food source for small mammals.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Eragrostis geyeri Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 272 (1854)
Eragrostis pectinacea var. spectabilis (Pursh) A.Gray Manual , ed. 2: 565 (1856)
Eragrostis spectabilis var. sparsihirsuta Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 306 (1927)
Eragrostis velutina Schrad. Linnaea 12: 451 (1838)
Erochloe spectabilis Raf. in Ser. Bull. Bot. i. 221.
Megastachya spectabilis Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 589 (1817)
Poa amabilis Walter Fl. Carol. 79. 1788 (1788)
Poa hirsuta var. spectabilis (Pursh) Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 114 (1823)
Poa pectinacea Geyer ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 272 (1854)
Poa spectabilis Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 81 (1813)
Poa villosa Beyr. ex Schrad. Linnaea 12: 451 (1838)

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Language Common/alternative name
English purple lovegrass
Finnish loistoröllinurmikka
Chinese 美丽画眉草

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Start at 4°C for 3 months, then warm to 20°C for another 3 months.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
    • Western Canada
      • Manitoba

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000868452
Florida Plant Atlas 3788
Flora of Alabama 4809
Canadensys 7639
USDA Plants ERSP
Tropicos 25509595
INPN 160616
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1137778-2
The Plant List kew-413215
Missouri Botanical Garden 285200
Open Tree Of Life 853365
NCBI Taxonomy 888271
Nature Serve 2.145334
IPNI 1137778-2
iNaturalist 162409
GBIF 2705413
WisFlora 3549
EPPO ERASP
EOL 1114347
USDA GRIN 15314
Wikipedia Eragrostis_spectabilis

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Genome size variation and polyploidy prevalence in the genus Eragrostis are associated with the global dispersal in arid area Hutang GR, Tong Y, Zhu XG, Gao LZ Front Plant Sci 13-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10040770
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1066925
PMID:36993864
Reinventory of the vascular plants of Mormon Island Crane Meadows after forty years of restoration, invasion, and climate change Caven AJ, Wiese JD Heliyon 03-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9192816
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09640
PMID:35711997
Mechanisms of Salt Tolerance and Molecular Breeding of Salt-Tolerant Ornamental Plants Guo J, Shan C, Zhang Y, Wang X, Tian H, Han G, Zhang Y, Wang B Front Plant Sci 27-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9093713
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.854116
PMID:35574092
Comparing the hydrological performance of an irrigated native vegetation green roof with a conventional Sedum spp. green roof in New York City Shetty NH, Elliott RM, Wang M, Palmer MI, Culligan PJ PLoS One 20-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9020694
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266593
PMID:35443016
Effects of prescribed fire timing on vigor of the invasive forb sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata), total forage biomass accumulation, plant-community composition, and native fauna on tallgrass prairie in the Kansas Flint Hills Alexander JA, Fick WH, Ogden SB, Haukos DA, Lemmon J, Gatson GA, Olson KC Transl Anim Sci 02-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8223592
doi:10.1093/tas/txab079
PMID:34189418
Emerging fungal pathogen of an invasive grass: Implications for competition with native plant species Kendig AE, Svahnström VJ, Adhikari A, Harmon PF, Flory SL PLoS One 01-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC7920361
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0237894
PMID:33647021
Technologies Employed in the Treatment of Water Contaminated with Glyphosate: A Review Espinoza-Montero PJ, Vega-Verduga C, Alulema-Pullupaxi P, Fernández L, Paz JL Molecules 26-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7730355
doi:10.3390/molecules25235550
PMID:33256069
UAV-Based Thermal Imaging for High-Throughput Field Phenotyping of Black Poplar Response to Drought Ludovisi R, Tauro F, Salvati R, Khoury S, Mugnozza Scarascia G, Harfouche A Front Plant Sci 27-Sep-2017
PMCID:PMC5623950
doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.01681
PMID:29021803
Does responsiveness to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi depend on plant invasive status? Reinhart KO, Lekberg Y, Klironomos J, Maherali H Ecol Evol 10-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5574787
doi:10.1002/ece3.3226
PMID:28861250
Risk-taking plants: Anisohydric behavior as a stress-resistance trait Sade N, Gebremedhin A, Moshelion M Plant Signal Behav 01-Jul-2012
PMCID:PMC3583960
doi:10.4161/psb.20505
PMID:22751307

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