Eragrostis capillaris (L.) Lacegrass Habit: Tufted annual. Culms: 20-50 cm. tall, erect, slender, branching at the very base, simple above. Blades: 7-25 cm. long, 1-3 mm. wide, erect, pilose on upper surface near base. Sheaths: Overlapping, crowded at the base, the upper enclosing the base of the panicle, pilose at least on the margin, long pilose at the throat. Ligule: Ring of hairs less than 0.5 mm. long. Inflorescence: Panicle diffuse, 10-40 cm. long, with spreading branches, usually two thirds the entire height of the plant, oblong-ovoid, the capillary branches spreading, the lower ascending. Spikelets: Ovate, only slightly flattened, 2-3 mm. long, 2-4-flowered, on long divergent pedicels. Glumes: 2, nearly equal, acute, 1 mm. long, acuminate, scabrous on the keel. Lemmas: Acute, 1.5 mm. long, 3-nerved, its lateral nerves obscure, rounded on the back, minutely scabrous towards the tip. Palea: About two thirds as long as its lemma, more or less fringed at the obtuse apex. Fruit: Grain 0.5 mm. long, somewhat roughened. Habitat: Open dry places. August-September. Kansas Range: East half.