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Sleepygrass

Achnatherum robustum

Also called Sleepy Grass

Sleepygrass
Photo: Albert Spear Hitchcock (1865–1935), Mary Agnes Chase (1869–1963), A. H. Baldwin, (Miss) M. D. Baker, Mary Wright Gill (1, Public domain
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial

About

Achnatherum robustum, commonly known as sleepy grass, (synonyms Stipa robusta, also Stipa vaseyi subsp. robusta) is a perennial plant in the Poaceae or grass family.

Where it grows

It grows on dry soil in the U.S. Midwest, ranging from South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico to Texas and Arizona, California and Hawaii.

Other Eriocoma plants

Richardson's needlegrass · Mormon Needlegrass · Crowned Needlegrass · Indian Ricegrass · Wide Glumed Needle Grass · Lemmon's Needlegrass · Letterman's Needlegrass · Nelson's Needlegrass · Stiff Needlegrass · Parish's Needlegrass · Pinewoods Needle Grass · Thurber's Needlegrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Achnatherum robustum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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