Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Eragrostis intermedia A.S. Hitchcock
(Plains Lovegrass)


Family: Poaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Eragrostis intermedia is a perennial with a large, broad, open panicle. The lemmas are less than 2.2mm long.
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Eragrostis intermedia, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos



Eragrostis intermedia, detail of spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, Oct. 4, 2007



Eragrostis intermedia, showing adult lemma <2.2mm, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, Oct. 14, 2007



Eragrostis intermedia, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 25, 2022


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