Bigtop Lovegrass
Eragrostis hirsutanative · Central Texas
Bigtop Lovegrass is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 1.5–3 ft tall and 3 ft wide. It wants full sun and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms brown, green and purple in summer and fall. Good for bees.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1.5–3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Bloom
- Summer, Fall · brown, green, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on clay, dry, loam, moist, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports bees
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Northern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesSan Antonio Prairie
25 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.