Eragrostis spectabilis

Eragrostis spectabilis, known as purple lovegrass,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, native from southern Canada to northeastern Mexico. It was first described by Frederick Traugott Pursh in 1813 as Poa spectabilis, and transferred to Eragrostis by Ernst von Steudel in 1840.[1]

Eragrostis spectabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Eragrostis
Species:
E. spectabilis
Binomial name
Eragrostis spectabilis
(Pursh) Steud.[1]

References
  1. "Eragrostis spectabilis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2018-01-20
  2. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ERSP


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