Basal leaves provide most of the forage.
These are 24 to 36 inches long, narrow, flexible, with curled tips and are somewhat rough to the touch. Their blue-green color gives the entire plant a bluish cast. Seeds are extremely small, running about 3 million per pound. Occurrence Boer lovegrass occurs primarily on depleted desert grassland ranges where it has been artificially seeded. It is not well adapted to alkaline soils, seeming to thrive best on essentially neutral sites where annual precipitation is 13 inches or more.