Sand Lovegrass
Eragrostis trichodes
Sand lovegrass is a graceful sandhill grass with billowing, reddish-purple flowering panicles that catch the light, ideal for dry, sandy gardens.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, CO, IA, IL, KS, LA, MN, MO, MS, NE, NM, NY, OH, OK, SD, TN, TX, WI