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Botanical description:

Eragrostis spectabilis is an upright, tufted grass that grows from 30-70 cm tall(1). t Its common name, purple love grass, comes from its inflorescence towards the top of the stem; they bloom in late summer to early fall they turn purple and contain the seeds. As the plant continues to mature, the inflorescence often will break off, and its movement will disperse the seeds; these seeds are reddish-brown and tend to be 0.6-0.8 mm long(1). During the fall after seed dispersal, the plant's stem and branches turn soft brown or tan in color (9). The inflorescence of Eragrostis spectabilis exhibits a whorled branching structure, with three branches coming off the rachis at a time(5).