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Nassella leucotricha
Also called Texas Needle Grass
Texas wintergrass is a perennial bunchgrass native to the south-central US and Mexico, grown for forage when green. Its sharp, awned seeds can injure livestock, so it is a weed or invasive species in many places.
Nassella leucotricha is a species of grass known by the common names Texas wintergrass, Texas needlegrass, and Texas tussockgrass. It is native to the south-central United States (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi) and much of Mexico (from Tamaulipas and Baja California south to Chiapas).
Nodding needlegrass · Lobed Needle Grass · Nassella ibarrensis · Foothill needlegrass · Nassella mexicana · Purple needlegrass · Finestem needlegrass · Serrated tussock · Green needlegrass · Needlegrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nassella leucotricha 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.
