Lehmann's Lovegrass
Eragrostis lehmanniana
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Image made using a flat-bed scanner from specimen found north of Carefree, Maricopa Co., Arizona. August 2011.
PERENNIAL GRASS: Relatively tall grass growing in clumps especially at
roadsides.
LEAVES: Narrow blades about 10 cm long.
STEMS/CULMS: Stems may be fallen (naturally bent) over or upright to
above a meter tall.
FLOWERS: Numerous small spikelets with a half dozen minute florets each
in open panicles. Most blooming occurs with the summer rains.
RANGE: Another grass, native to Africa that has been introduced for
cattle pasture and range management. Spread from California to Texas. More
frequent at the higher elevations of the Sonoran Desert and in adjoining
habitats.