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.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bigtop Lovegrass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Panicum bergii
- Eragrostis intermedia
- Eragrostis trichodes
- Eragrostis spectabilis
- Panicum capillare
- Panicum philadelphicum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
- Species
- Eragrostis hirsuta
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