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Eragrostis hirsuta
Also called Bigtop or Stout Love Grass
Eragrostis hirsuta, commonly known as bigtop lovegrass, is a perennial graminoid of the Poaceae family native to North America. It generally flowers from July to December.
In the United States, bigtop lovegrass is found from Maryland south to Florida, west to Texas, and north in the interior to Tennessee, Arkansas, and Missouri. It is also found in Central America. It grows in fields, clearings, roadsides, and disturbed areas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eragrostis hirsuta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
