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Nassella pulchra, basionym Stipa pulchra, is a species of grass known by the common names purple needlegrass and purple tussockgrass. [4] It is native to the U.S. state of California, where it occurs throughout the coastal hills, valleys, and mountain ranges, as well as the Sacramento Valley and parts of the Sierra Nevada foothills, and Baja California.
Stipa is a genus of around 300 large perennial hermaphroditic grasses collectively known as feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass. They are placed in the subfamily Pooideae and the tribe Stipeae , which also contains many species formerly assigned to Stipa , which have since been reclassified into new genera.
Nassella pulchra – purple needlegrass; currently reclassified as Stipa pulchra. A native grass of California that was once a dominant species in California grasslands before invasive European grasses became dominant. The seeds were an important food source for many of the Indigenous peoples of California. Today, the bunchgrass is the State ...
Pennisetum setaceum AGM & P. setaceum 'Rubrum' AGM (red fountain grass, African fountain grass, fountain grass, purple fountain grass, ruby grass) - & several other cultivars [6] Pennisetum villosum AGM (feathertop) [6] Stipa gigantea AGM (golden oats) [6] Stipa tenuissima syn. Nassella tenuissima (Mexican feather grass, Texas needle grass) [6]
Nassella tenuissima is a species of grass known by the common names Mexican feathergrass, [2] finestem needlegrass, [3] fineleaved nassella, [4] and Argentine needle-grass. [5] It is native to the south-western United States, northern Mexico [4] and Argentina. [5] It is well-matched to climate in Australia and can be harmful to the Australian ...
They usually grow as singular plants in clumps, tufts, hummocks, or bunches, rather than forming a sod or lawn, in meadows, grasslands, and prairies. As perennial plants, most species live more than one season. Tussock grasses are often found as forage in pastures and ornamental grasses in gardens. [1] [2] [3]
Aristida is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. [4] [5] Aristida is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret. [6] The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid warm regions. This genus is among those colloquially called three-awns wiregrasses, speargrasses and ...
Nassella lepida (syn. Stipa lepida) is a species of grass known by the common names foothill needlegrass, [1] [2] foothills nassella, [3] foothill stipa, small-flowered stipa, small-flowered needlegrass, and smallflower tussockgrass.