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      - Order - Grasses/Sedges - Cyperales
        
        Family - Grasses - Poaceae
        
        Species - Purple Lovegrass - Eragrostis pectinacea

Purple Lovegrass - Eragrostis pectinacea

Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR

Agency Status
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MNPS Threat Rank:
C-value: 4

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General Description

Stems 1–5 dm long. Leaves: blades 2–3 mm wide. Inflorescence an open panicle 5–20 cm long. Spikelets 5–8 mm long. Lemmas 6 to 12 per spikelet (Lavin in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Range Comments

Throughout most of North America (Lavin in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database

Number of Observations: 2

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Relative Density

Recency

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Habitat

Sporadic in MT and known from disturbed sites including sandy or gravelly banks of the Yellowstone and Big Horn Rivers (Lavin in Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

References

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- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Seipel, T.F. 2006. Plant species diversity in the sagebrush steppe of Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 87 p.
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Citation for data on this website:
Purple Lovegrass — Eragrostis pectinacea. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on October 26, 2020, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=PMPOA2K190