Eragrostis leptocarpa
Benth.
Drooping lovegrass
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Description
A slender grass. It can grow from seeds each year or grow for a few years. It grows in tufts. It grows 25-60 cm high.
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Edible Uses
The seeds are used as a cereal grain.
Distribution
It can grow on a range of soils and along watercourses and floodplains. It is a tropical plant. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Australia*,
Notes
There are about 300 Eragrostis species.
References (6)
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- Cherikoff V. & Isaacs, J., The Bush Food Handbook. How to gather, grow, process and cook Australian Wild Foods. Ti Tree Press, Australia p 189
- Fl. austral. 7:644. 1878
- Hunter, J.T., 2017, Is there a relationship between contemporary high Aboriginal plant resource locations and mapped vegetation communities? Cunninghamia 17:27-34. The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. ISSN 2200 - 405X
- Latz, P.K., 1996, Bushfires and Bushtucker: Aboriginal plant use in Central Australia. IAD Press Alice Springs p 170
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- Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Catalogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 105
