Eragrostis frankii C.A. Meyer. Sandbar Lovegrass Habit: Tufted annual resembling E. capillaris. Culms: 15-40 cm. tall, tufted, erect or decumbent at the base, branching above the base. Blades: 5-13 cm. long, 2-4 mm. wide, scabrous above. Sheaths: Shorter than the internodes, loose, glabrous except the pilose throat. Ligule: Ring of hairs about 1 mm. long. Inflorescence: Panicle dark-leadish color, 5-15 cm. long, less than half as wide as long, less than half the length of the plant, open but not diffuse, the branches short, ascending. Spikelets: Ovate, dark, 2-3 mm. long, 1-5-flowered; numerous, on more or less appressed pedicels 1-5 mm. long. Lemmas: Acute, 1.5 mm. long, 3-nerved, its lateral nerves obscure; minutely scabrous. Palea: Shorter than its lemma. Fruit: Grain. Habitat: Moist low or sandy ground. August. Kansas Range: East fourth. Synonyms: Eragrostis frankii C.A. Mey. ex Steud. var. brevipes Fassett