Eragrostis elliottii (Elliott) S.Watson is a plant in the Poaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Eragrostis elliottii (Elliott) S.Watson

Eragrostis elliottii (Elliott) S.Watson

Elliott's lovegrass (Eragrostis elliottii) is a perennial poaceous grass distributed across parts of North America and Central America.

Family
Genus
Eragrostis
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Eragrostis elliottii (Elliott) S.Watson

Eragrostis elliottii, commonly called Elliott's lovegrass, is a perennial graminoid belonging to the grass family Poaceae. In the United States, its distribution stretches from North Carolina to southern Florida, extending westward to eastern Texas. It can also be found in the West Indies, and from central Mexico south to Belize. Its typical growing habitats include maritime wet grasslands, inland edges of brackish marshes, freshwater tidal marshes, ultisol wet pine savannas, and wet pine savannas influenced by calcareous conditions.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Eragrostis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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