Eragrostis spectabilis

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Species Distribution Map
Family:POACEAE
Species:Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
Common Name:Purple Lovegrass; Petticoat Climber; Tumblegrass
Habitat:Roadsides and fields with sandy soil.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Purple Lovegrass is a native perennial in the grass family. It can be found throughout Alabama. Purple Lovegrass grows in sandy pine or pine-oak woodlands, in prairies, along forest edges, and on roadsides. It is a cespitose warn season bunchgrass with fibrous roots. The bases are hardened and have short knotty rhizomes. The culms are 1-2 feet in height, erect, and glabrous. Leaves are linear-lanceolate in outline, flat or slightly involute, and pubescent on both surfaces. The leaf sheaths are pubescent on the margins and at the base. Flowers are produced in open terminal panicles. The panicles are ovate to oblong and easily detached. The small spikelets have 6-12 florets, and are linear-lanceolate in outline. They are often purplish in color. The fruit is a flattened grain with two prominent ridges separated by a groove. The panicles of Purple Lovegrass easily detach and are blown along by the wind, similar in action to tumbleweeds. They often get entangled on your shoes and socks as you walk through grassy areas. An alternate common name for this species is “Petticoat Climber”. Purple Lovegrass is often available as seed or plants from native nurseries. It can be used in meadows, on banks or other areas difficult to mow, or mixed in a perennial bed. It prefers an open site with abundant sun, and is tolerant of drought. Mass plantings can be spectacular. The foliage is a larval food for the Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon).—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACU (NWI), G5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPOACEAE - Grass family
Genus Eragrostis
Species Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud. - Purple Lovegrass; Petticoat Climber; Tumblegrass

Citation

Citation Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel, Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 1: 564. 1840.
Basionym: Poa spectabilis Pursh 1814 [1813].
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Poa spectabilis    
Eragrostis spectabilis var. sparsihirsuta Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel, var. sparsihirsuta Farwell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 306. 1927.   

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, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Etowah, Houston, Jackson, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1886 - 1986

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU101632 Etowah 13 Aug 1995 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4317		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UWAL0010056 Bullock 20 Oct 2011 Dykes, Bailee
243		 UWAL
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UWAL0010684 Pike 19 Nov 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17263		 UWAL
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UNA00004109 Blount _ Sep _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
UWAL0054245 Randolph 29 Sep 2019 Spaulding, Daniel D.
16069		 UWAL
Eragrotis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud
AUA000017278 Randolph 16 Sep 1986 Nixon, C.F.
2939		 AUA
Eragrostis Spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
AUA000017274 Baldwin 21 May 1960 Banks, Donald J.
117		 AUA
Eragrostis Spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
JSU101630 Cleburne 07 Oct 1994 Hruska, Susan E.
475		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UNA00004139 Mobile 08 Sep 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D782		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
UWAL0008988 Covington 28 Oct 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3591		 UWAL
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
ALNHS00000872 Monroe 05 Oct 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-400		 ALNHS
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
TROY000010407 Bullock 18 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14169		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UWAL0050141 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1392		 UWAL
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UWAL0033122 Houston 29 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
27022		 UWAL
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
JSU101631 Cleburne 15 Oct 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1486		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UNA00050363 Randolph 17 Aug 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2731		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
JSU101629 Cleburne 28 Sep 1982 Bussey, Melanie G.
495		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000033964 Bullock 20 Oct 2011 Dykes, Bailee
243		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000034358 Pike 19 Nov 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
17263		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UNA00055887 Tuscaloosa 18 Sep 1974 Hoener, Fred K.
1131		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
JSU101623 Calhoun 01 Oct 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12655		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000030104 Covington 28 Oct 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3591		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
AUA000017275 Dale 26 Oct 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7797		 AUA
Eragrostis Spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
UNA00001190 Wilcox 09 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1282		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
JSU101634 Marshall 04 Sep 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2815		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
AUA000017279 Wilcox 9 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1282		 AUA
Eragrostis Spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
TROY000033584 Barbour 27 Aug 2011 Ryan, Lauren
38		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UNA00004072 Montgomery 31 Aug 1886 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
TROY000049552 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1392		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UWAL0006262 Bibb 22 Sep 1982 Kral, Robert
69550		 UWAL
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) St.
AUA000017277 Pike 8 Nov 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9453		 AUA
Eragrostis Spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
UNA00004010 Washington _ _ 1895 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
JSU101625 Calhoun 24 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
11996		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
AUA000036833 Covington 12 Sep 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5259		 AUA
Eragrostis Spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
TROY000010410 Dale 06 Jun 2000 Woods, Michael
8155		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UNA00064165 Jackson 26 Aug 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1362		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
UNA00004104 Mobile 20 Sep 1894 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
TROY000026794 Barbour 11 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19961		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
JSU101627 Cherokee 22 Sep 1999 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10718		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
JSU101633 Jackson 20 Aug 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1362		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000038480 Clarke 23 Sep 2012 Jackson, Megan
5		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000043736 Houston 29 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
27022		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
JSU101624 Calhoun 02 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12032		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000012202 Monroe 27 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18380		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000026795 Butler 21 Oct 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18552		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000010409 Coffee 22 Nov 2000 Martin, Brian H.
1013		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
JSU101628 Clarke 31 Oct 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18994		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
JSU101626 Cherokee 03 Nov 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9469		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000010412 Dale 02 Oct 1997 Rundell, Hannelore
421		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
AUA000017276 Perry 12 Nov 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8973		 AUA
Eragrostis Spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
TROY000010413 Pike 19 Nov 1999 Hall, James A.
89		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UNA00004120 Clay 02 Aug 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
TROY000027264 Randolph 17 Aug 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2715		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
UNA00054011 Blount 06 Sep 1997 Keener, Brian R.
358		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
TROY000012186 Bullock 12 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13537		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000026790 Butler 21 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19816		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
JSU101636 Talladega 29 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13759		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
JSU101635 Marshall 02 Aug 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2552		 JSU
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000010406 Barbour 12 Oct 1978 Kral, Robert
62930		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
TROY000012190 Pike 02 Oct 2000 Hall, James A.
153		 TROY
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
AUA000024730 Covington 28 Oct 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3591		 AUA
Eragrostis Spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
UNA00068933 Tallapoosa 26 Sep 2006 Barger, T. Wayne
412		 UNA
Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
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