Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Eragrostis [1069]

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genus_en: Love grass

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Family: Poaceae

family_ja: イネ

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description_en: Genus of approximately 250 species of clump-forming, annual and perennial grasses widely distributed throughout tropical and temperate regions of the world. They occur on cultivated or disturbed ground, often on sandy soils. The narrowly linear leaves are flat or rolled. Dense or open, sparsely to many-branched panicles of small, flattened, closely overlapping spikelets are borne on slender, upright stems from summer to autumn. Grow as specimen plants, in a mixed or herbaceous border, or in a rock garden. In frost-prone climates, grow half-hardy species in a cool greenhouse. The inflorescences are useful for cut flower arrangements.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to half hardy. E. curvula is frost hardy but will tolerate brief spells down to -10°C (14°F).

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propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in spring, or divide between mid-spring and early summer.

pests_en: Trouble free.

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comment_ja: ウイーピングラブグラス(weeping lovegrass)

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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