Eragrostis curvula

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POACEAE
Species:Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
Common Name:Weeping Lovegrass
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Weeping Lovegrass is an introduced perennial in the grass family. It is native to southern Africa. Weeping Lovegrass was introduced to the United States as a forage grass, ornamental, and for erosion control. During the 1970’s it was widely planted along the Interstate Highway system in Alabama. Weeping Lovegrass grows in disturbed sites such as on roadsides, along trails, and on steep banks. It is a cespitose warn season bunchgrass with fibrous roots. The culms are 2-5 feet in height and either glabrous or glandular. Leaves are linear in outline, flat or involute, and glabrous or with scattered hairs near the base. The leaf sheath has scattered long hairs. Flowers are produced in open terminal ovate to oblong panicles. The spikelets have 3-10 florets, and are linear-lanceolate in outline and tan or purplish in color. The fruit is a grain. Weeping Lovegrass is frequently planted on steep roadside banks and on reclaimed strip mines to prevent erosion. It has a dense root system that can extend thirteen feet deep into the soil. Weeping Lovegrass is tolerant of drought, nutrient poor soils, very acidic pH, and heavy metal concentrations that are toxic to other plant species. Several cultivars are available from nurseries, including forms with “blue” foliage. It is considered and invasive species in large areas of the western United States, and is listed as an invasive species in Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia. It forms dense monocultures that exclude native species and can spread readily from seed.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, FAC (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Eragrostis
Species Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees - Weeping Lovegrass

Citation

Citation Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees, Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 397. 1841.
Basionym: Poa curvula Schrad. 1821.
Type: SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Prov.: Cape of Good Hope, s.d., Hess s.n. (holotype: ?).

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Eragrostis chloromelas Eragrostis chloromelas Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 271. 1854. SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Prov.: Schiloh, s.d., Drege s.n. (holotype: ?; isotype: K).
Eragrostis curvula var. atrata Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees von Esenbeck, var. atrata (Schweinfurth) Cufodontis, Bull. Jard. Bot. Belg. 38: 1251. 1968.Eragrostis thunbergiana Steudel., var. atrata Schweinfurth 1894. 
Eragrostis jeffreysii Eragrostis jeffreysii Hackel, Proc. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 7(2): 68. 1908. ZIMBABWE: Bulawayo, s.d., Jeffreys 42 (holotype: W).
Eragrostis thunbergiana var. atrata Eragrostis thunbergiana Steudel, var. atrata Schweinfurth, Bull. Herb. Boissier, ser. 2. 2(App.): 101. 1894. ETHIOPIA: Eritrea: Kohaito, s.d., Schweinfurth 75 (holotype: ?; isotype: K).
Poa curvula Poa curvula Schrader, Gött. Gel. Anz. 3: 2073. 1821. SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Prov.: Cape of Good Hope, s.d., Hess s.n. (holotype: ?).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lee, Marshall, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
TROY000027206 Randolph 15 Jul 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4021		 TROY
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
UNA00058990 Dale 04 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13256		 UNA
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
AUA000017195 Crenshaw 19 May 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10258		 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
JSU101532 Lee 11 May 1964 Bozarth, Gene A.
 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
UNA00058417 Blount 24 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
843		 UNA
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
JSU101529 Jefferson 23 Jul 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13493		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
AUA000017201 Lee 27 May 1970 Evans, R.W.
145		 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
JSU101528 Jackson 20 Aug 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1305		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
TROY000031691 Montgomery 13 Jun 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21405		 TROY
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
JSU101525 DeKalb 15 Jun 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
339		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
UWAL0002114 Montgomery 13 Jun 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21405		 UWAL
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
UWAL0007824 Pike 27 Sep 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22601		 UWAL
Erarostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
JSU101523 Cleburne 15 Oct 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1489		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
TROY000033370 Pike 27 Sep 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22601		 TROY
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
TROY000045252 Autauga 18 Apr 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
667		 TROY
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
AUA000017202 Pike 12 Jun 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4991		 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
TROY000012179 Dale 04 Jun 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13256		 TROY
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
JSU101526 DeKalb 11 Jul 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
5008		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
UWAL0032180 Blount 26 Jun 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4660		 UWAL
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
AUA000037599 Conecuh 20 Jul 2014 Horne, Howard E.
2664		 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
JSU101531 Lauderdale 26 May 1972 Kral, Robert
46661		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
AUA000017199 Lee 4 Aug 1954 Davis, Donald E.
 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
AUA000017194 Conecuh 4 Jul 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5144		 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
AUA000017196 Dale 27 Jul 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8362		 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
TROY000037614 Bullock 10 May 2012 Dykes, Bailee
642		 TROY
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
TROY000027205 Blount 24 May 1998 Keener, Brian R.
843		 TROY
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
UNA00065738 Butler 19 Aug 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16804		 UNA
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
JSU101533 Marshall 24 May 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1851		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
UWAL0012471 Covington 15 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23354		 UWAL
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
TROY000035676 Covington 15 Sep 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23354		 TROY
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
JSU101527 Etowah 15 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9289		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
JSU101530 Jefferson 28 May 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
400		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
AUA000017203 Pike 5 Aug 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9282		 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
JSU101524 Cleburne 12 Jul 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
2912		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
AUA000040241 Jackson 2 Jul 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
HC614		 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
AUA000017197 Dale 24 May 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8273		 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
TROY000012178 Butler 19 Aug 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16804		 TROY
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
AUA000017198 Lee 14 May 1966 Burns, Earl R.
 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
UNA00059403 Calhoun 02 Jun 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11352		 UNA
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
UWAL0014918 Bullock 10 May 2012 Dykes, Bailee
642		 UWAL
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
JSU101534 Randolph 15 Jul 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4021		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
ALNHS00002944 Jackson 2 Jul 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
HC-614		 ALNHS
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
UNA00054416 Blount 27 Jun 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1119		 UNA
Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees
AUA000017200 Lee 2 May 1969 Burton, Dan
10		 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
JSU101522 Clay 11 May 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
3944		 JSU
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
AUA000017193 Butler 24 May 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
699		 AUA
Eragrostis Curvula (Schrad.) Nees
SAMF0008212 Butler 19 Aug 2006 Diamond. Alvin R.
16804		 SAMF
Eragrostis curvula (Schrader) Nees
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