Summary ⁶

Eragrostis spectabilis, known as purple lovegrass, purple love grass, and purple plains lovegrass, is a perennial bunchgrass. It is native from southern Canada to northeastern Mexico.

Description, Distribution and Habitat ⁷

Purple lovegrass grows low to the ground in dense tufts, 8-18 in. tall. In late summer the fine-textured, stiff inflorescence appears like reddish-purple clouds hovering at ground level. Eventually this inflorescence breaks off and floats around like a tumbleweed. It is a perennial. (From wildflower.org)

USDA/NRCS Fact Sheet
For more information, visit the purple love grass pages on MissouriBotanicalGarden.org and wildflower.org

Growing Purple Lovegrass ⁷

May be started by seeds or divisions.

For information on growing and landscaping with purple love grass, see MissouriBotanicalGarden.org and Wildflower.org.

Read More ⁸

• https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ERSP
• https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d593
• https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/grasses/plants/pp_lovegrass.htm

Sources and Credits

1. (c) BlueRidgeKitties, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/blueridgekitties/50315902837/
2. (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/29995430250/
3. (c) flora.mania, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/138541519@N07/24407773765/
4. (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/30206387141/
5. (c) BlueRidgeKitties, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/blueridgekitties/39605848821/
6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eragrostis_spectabilis
7. (c) Lauren LeCroy May, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
8. Adapted by Murfreesboro,TN, Natural Resource Division from a work by (c) Lauren LeCroy May, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

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