Poaceae
Purple lovegrass
Eragrostis spectabilis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 美丽画眉草
- English
- Purple lovegrass
- Finnish
- Loistoröllinurmikka
Synonyms
- Eragrostis geyeri Steud.
- Eragrostis pectinacea var. spectabilis (Pursh) A.Gray
- Eragrostis spectabilis var. sparsihirsuta Farw.
- Eragrostis spectabilis var. spectabilis
- Eragrostis velutina Schrad.
- Erochloe spectabilis Raf.
- Megastachya spectabilis Roem. & Schult.
- Poa amabilis Walter
- Poa hirsuta var. spectabilis (Pursh) Torr.
- Poa pectinacea Geyer ex Steud.
- Poa spectabilis Pursh
- Poa villosa Beyr. ex Schrad.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.