Common Name

Weeping Lovegrass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Annual or short-lived perennial grass to 1.35m tall or sprawling. Ligule a fringe of hairs or a membrane with a fringe of hairs. Leaves mostly basal, with a sheath at the base. Leaves 6-30cm long, 2-5mm wide, hairless, flat or rolled, upper surface rough. Spikelets olive-green or grey, 2-16mm long. Seeds with 0 bristles. Mature seed groups spreading.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 103

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eragrostis~parviflora

ausgrass2 description with line drawings and photos:  http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/eragrostis-parviflora