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WEEPING LOVEGRASS (Eragróstis cúrvula) is a warm-season perennial bunch-grass which grows to a height of 2 to 4 feet. It makes rapid growth and produces a great many basal leaves 10 to 20 inches long and 1/4 inch wide that taper to a needle like point. These long, folding or weeping leaves suggest its common name. The seed heads are loose, vary in color from dull straw to leaden grey and measure 8 to 12 inches long. They may stand erect or droop to a nodding effect depending upon the set of seed. The small seed, shaped Like a wheat kernel, number about 1 1/2 million per pound.

Weeping lovegrass is easily established by seeds and spreads by tillering. A single plant may form a dense sod bunch 12 to 15 inches in diameter within two to three years.

It is found growing in the Southern Great Plains including Texas, Oklahoma, southern New Mexico, Arizona, and the southern half of Nevada and California east of the mountains.

It does well on most any type of well-drained soil, but prefers the sandy loams. This grass responds to nitrogen and phosphate fertilizers with additional forage and remarkable increases in protein and carotin content.

Weeping lovegrass produces excellent pasture during early spring and fall if grazed sufficiently close to keep the forage tender.

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