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Eragrostis spectabilis

Family:Poaceae
Species:Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
Common Name:purple love grass
Habitat:Railroad edges, roadsides, fields with thin sandy soils, and waste places.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Graminoid
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, UPL (NCNE), UPL (EMP), S5 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 3
References:**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

SupraordinalMonocots
Order Poales
FamilyPoaceae
Genus Eragrostis
SpeciesEragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud. - purple love grass

Citation

Citation Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud.
Basionym: **
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Source

CountyYearHerbariaNotesSubmission Info
Albany  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Bronx1896 BKL – BKL00078113
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Bronx1901 BKL – BKL00078095
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Bronx1994 BKL – BKL00078094
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Bronx  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Chemung  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Clinton  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Columbia  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Delaware  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Dutchess1996 BKL – BKL00007235
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Jefferson  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Jefferson1993 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Kings1992 CONN
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Kings  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Kings1898 BKL – BKL00078091
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1988 BKL – BKL00078111
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1996 BKL – BKL00078114
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1996 BKL – BKL00078118
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1986 BKL – BKL00078109
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1879 BKL – BKL00078106
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1996 BKL – BKL00078117
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1992 BKL – BKL00007422
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1991 BKL – BKL00078096
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1989 BKL – BKL00027121
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1996 BKL – BKL00078116
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings  BKL – BKL00078104
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings2008 BKL – BKL00091408
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1936 BKL – BKL00078101
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1993 BKL – BKL00007421
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Kings1991 BKL – BKL00078110
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Lewis  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Madison  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Monroe  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Monroe1992 FLH
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  3/13/2022 - FLH (Bruce Gilman)
Montgomery  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Nassau1990 OBPF – Log_num: LIL268
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Nassau1879 BKL – BKL00078108
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Nassau  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Oneida1945 BH
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
Werier (2017) voucher!; W.C. Muenscher & B.I. Brown 21658 3/6/2018 - David Werier
Oneida  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Onondaga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Orange1990 BKL – BKL00078029
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Orange  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Orange1990 BKL
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Orange1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Oswego2006 RCFS – accession # 13140
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Oswego1932 BKL – BKL00078097
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Oswego  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Putnam  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Queens1911 BKL – BKL00078093
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1892 BKL – BKL00078105
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1996 BKL – BKL00084517
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1916 BKL – BKL00078092
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1988 BKL – BKL00078089
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens1991 BKL – BKL00086169
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Queens  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Richmond  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Richmond1910 BKL – BKL00078098
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Richmond1989 BKL – BKL00078088
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Rockland  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Rockland1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Saratoga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Schenectady  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Seneca  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
St. Lawrence1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
St. Lawrence1990 STLA
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
  Anne Johnson
Suffolk1989 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Suffolk1909 BKL – BKL00078090
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1914 BKL – BKL00078100
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1886 BKL – BKL00078103
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1993 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Suffolk1962 BKL – BKL00080336
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1911 BKL – BKL00078102
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk2007 BKL – BKL00086958
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1991 BKL – BKL00088261
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1872 BKL – BKL00078107
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1974 CONN
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Suffolk  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Suffolk1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Suffolk1980 OBPF – Log_num: 7697
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Suffolk1997 BKL – BKL00087415
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1989 BKL – BKL00078115
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1994 BKL – BKL00078112
Herbarium Name Used: Eragrostis spectabilis
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk1932 CONN
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Sullivan  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Tioga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Tompkins  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Ulster  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Warren  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Washington  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Westchester  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   
Yates  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Eragrostis spectabilis
   

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymTypeNotes
Eragrostis spectabilis var. sparsihirsuta Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steud. var. sparsihirsuta Farw.