weeping lovegrass
Eragrostis curvula                                         

Identifying Characteristics:

Seed:  small, oval seed with distinct indentations near embryo area; dark red, purple, or black in color

Seedling:  leaves rolled in whorl; rough leaf blades and margins; fine textured leaf blades; no auricles; membranous, rounded, toothed ligule

Mature Plant:  bunch-type growth habit; open, drooping panicle; purplish to gray colored seed head

Method of Propagation: seed

Life Cycle: warm-season perennial

References: Abaye, A. Ozzie. "Identification & Adaption: Common Grasses, Legumes & Non-leguminous Forbs of the Eastern United States."