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Eragrostis hypnoides is a species of grass known by the common name teal lovegrass. It is native to the Americas from Canada to Argentina. It is found in moist areas near water in substrates of sand or mud. Eragrostis hypnoides is a mat-forming, creeping annual, rooting at stolons and sending up short erect stem tips to about 10 centimeters in height at maximum. The inflorescences atop the erect portions have small spikelets about a centimeter long which are yellow-green to slightly purple. Eragrostis hypnoides is a mat-forming, creeping annual, rooting at stolons and sending up short erect stem tips to about 10 centimeters in height at maximum. The inflorescences atop the erect portions have small spikelets about a centimeter long which are yellow-green to slightly purple.

Plant type

Grass

Size

4 in Tall

Form

Spreading

Growth rate

Slow

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Color

Green, Yellow

Flowering season

Summer

Soil description

Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay.

Plant communities

Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

1 confirmed and 1 likely

Confirmed Likely

Fiery Skipper

Hylephila phyleus

Sandhill Skipper

Polites sabuleti