Grass Description
Open desert, dry open slopes, sandy washes and disturbed areas.
General Description
A small, low growing grass distinguished by its often ground-hugging growth. Sometimes a short-lived perennial.
Tufted, low growing, erect to spreading or semi-prostrate, 4 to 8 inches tall; blades tightly rolled (filiform),hairless; seedheads contracted and dense; spiklelets of multiple florets; terminal floret infertile; lower florets exceed glumes.
Flower Characteristics
Dense compact seedheads rise from the ends of the stems, 1/2 to 2 inches long; spikelets 1/4 inch long, 5 to 7 flowers; glumes 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, acute or tapering.
Vegetative Characteristics
Blades are 1 to 2 inches long, < 1/16 inch wide; if facing away from the stem, surfaces smooth or rough and covered with scabs; if facing toward the stem, surfaces rough; sparsely covered with fine soft short hairs near ligules.
Unknown.