Eragrostis lanipes

C.E. Hubb.

Love Grass, Creeping Wanderrie

Poaceae Edible: Seeds, Cereal 3 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A grass which keeps growing from year to year. It grows 20-50 cm tall. It forms spreading clumps. The bases of the clumps form bulbs. They are woolly. The leaves are 4-10 cm long by 0.2-0.3 cm wide. They can be flat or rolled inwards. The stem is 20-50 cm long and slender and smooth. The branched flower head is 10-20 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. It is open and loose. The spikelets are 0.5 cm long and green or purple.

Edible Uses

The seeds are harvested and used as a cereal grain.

Distribution

It suits temperate places. It needs an open sunny position.

Where It Grows

Australia*,

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or division of the rhizomes.

Notes

There are about 300 Eragrostis species.

References (6)

Cancilla, D., 2018, Ethnobotanical and Ethnozoological Values Desktop Assessment - Eliwana Project. p 43
Cherikoff V. & Isaacs, J., The Bush Food Handbook. How to gather, grow, process and cook Australian Wild Foods. Ti Tree Press, Australia p 189
Elliot, W.R., & Jones, D.L., 1984, Encyclopedia of Australian Plants suitable for cultivation. Vol 3. Lothian. p 423
Famine foods (As Eragrostis clendandii)
Irvine, (As Eragrostis clendandii)

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