Red Lovegrass
Eragrostis secundifloranative · Hill Country
Red Lovegrass is a grass native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 1–1.5 ft tall and 1.5 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water. Blooms brown, green and purple in summer and fall. Good for birds and moths.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spread
- 1.5 ft
- Bloom
- Summer, Fall · brown, green, purple
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on loam, sand, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports birds and moths
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaFloodplains and Low TerracesLimestone Cut PlainSan Antonio Prairie
406 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.