Eragrostis curtipedicellata Buckl. Gummy Lovegrass Habit: Tufted perennial, often in rather large colonies. Culms: 20-40 cm. tall, rigid, erect, tufted, with numerous sterile shoots, from a bulbous base. Blades: 5-20 cm. long, 1-4 mm. wide, scabrous above, flat or involute towards the apex, rather rigid. Sheaths: Overlapping, pilose at the throat, the hairs 3-6 mm. long, often glandular viscid. Ligule: A ring of short hairs. Inflorescence: Panicle open, spreading, at first 15-20 cm. long, 5-10 cm. wide, the several short branches spikelet bearing to near the base, the axis and branches viscid, rather sparingly pilose in the axils, finally elongating and becoming a tumbleweed. Spikelets: Linear or oblong, short-pedicelled, somewhat appressed on the branches, purplish or pale, 6-12-flowered, 3-6 cm. long; numerous, singly or in fascicles, the flowers perfect, the uppermost sterile; rachilla articulated but sometimes not disjointing until after the fall of the glumes and lemmas with the grain. Glumes: 2, unequal, about 1.5 and 2 mm. long, minutely scabrous on the keel. Lemmas: Rather closely imbricate, 1.75 mm. long, with prominent lateral veins; 3-nerved, usually broad, scabrous on the keel. Palea: Shorter, about 1.5 mm. long, linear, obtuse, curved so that its 2 prominent, hispid nerves appear outside the lemma, persistent on the rachis. Fruit: Grain 0.7 mm, long. Habitat: Prairies, plains and open woods. July-Sept. Kansas Range: Extreme south central. Remarks: A rather large rigid panicle for the comparatively short culm.