Love Grasses - native and introduced (Eragrostis species)

Eragrostis contains native and non-native grasses. The spikelets are generally small, and with two rows of spikelets neatly arranged on either side of the spikelet. The glumes and lemmas are generally a dark lead-grey-green colour. In local eragrostis species, the spikelets are in open sprays.

Love Grasses. Spikelets with numerous dark grey-green florets.

Stink Grass (*Eragrostis cilianensis) Spreading grass to about 30cm. The leaf margins have small raised glands, and yellowish yellow bands below the nodes along the stalk. Spikelets more than 5mm long.

Common Love Grass (Eragrostis brownii) Spreading grass to about 30cm. The leaf margins without small raised glands, and without yellowish yellow bands below the nodes along the stalk.

African Love Grass (*Eragrostis curvula) Leafy curved tussocks. Flowers not in rings. Spikelets very small, not pressed against the stems.

Weeping Love Grass (Eragrostis parviflora) Spreading grass to about 30cm. Flowers in rings, pressed aginst the stems