Eragrostis intermedia is a species of grass known by the common name plains lovegrass. It is native to North and Central America, where it is distributed from the southeastern and southwestern United States south to Costa Rica. Its range may extend to South America.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Plains 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
- Eragrostis trichodes
- Eragrostis hirsuta
- Panicum bergii
- Panicum queenslandicum
- Digitaria cognata
- Digitaria pubiflora
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Eragrostis
- Species
- Eragrostis intermedia
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