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	Foothill Needlegrass (Stipa lepida)	Login

Grass

Typical Height

Perennial

Native

	Description
	Height 1 - 2 ft. Perennial Bunch Grass 14"-3 ft. Inflorescence branched 4-22" 1 floret per spikelet Floret awns to 2.2" Glume awns to 0.2" CA Bloom Mar - May x Foothill Needle Grass is shorter and more delicate than its big brother - Purple Needle Grass. It still has long awns, but they're shorter than your pinkie. More on Stipa. CA native. Endemic to the California Floristic Province. AKA Small Flowered Needlegrass Grass Family (Poaceae)	Foothill Needlegrass is an erect bunchgrass, common and widespread in California.
	Stems are topped by a branching inflorescence of nodding spikelets dominated by long twisting awns.	Each spikelet contains a single floret with a long awn. The awn has two bends that twist when it dries.

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At 1 to 2 feet tall, Foothill Needlegrass is shorter than its big brother, Purple Needle Grass (S. pulchra). It is widespread in California, growin ...

A bunchgrass, Foothill Needlegrass sends several erect stems up from one root system. Each stem creates a branched, drooping cluster of [[spikelets]] ...

Foothill Needlegrass has an open arrangement of [[spikelets]] and [[awns]], smaller and more delicate than Purple Needle Grass.

One way to tell if you've got Foothill Needlegrass is to compare its [[awns]] to your little finger. If they're shorter (under 2"), then it's Foothil ...