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Erioneuron pilosum
Also called Hairy Tridens, Hairy Woolly Grass, Hairy Erioneuron
Hairy woollygrass is a short, tufted perennial grass of arid rangelands in the Americas, often found on overgrazed land. Its key to growing it is full sun and very well-drained, dry conditions.
Erioneuron pilosum, the hairy woollygrass, hairy erioneuron or hairy tridens, is a short, perennial grass often occurring on overgrazed rangelands in the Americas. Within the familyPoaceae, it belongs to the subfamily Chloridoideae, which mainly occurs in arid tropical and subtropical grasslands.
Erioneuron pilosum displays a conspicuously disjunct distribution. In North America it occurs in the United States' southwestern states from southern California to central Texas, and south to southern Mexico. In South America, it is found from Bolivia south into Argentina.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erioneuron pilosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
