Pappostipa speciosa (synonyms Stipa speciosa and Achnatherum speciosum) is a species of grass known by the common name desert needlegrass. It is native to much of the south-western United States from California and Oregon to Colorado and to northwestern Mexico, where it grows in dry areas, especially sagebrush habitat. It is also native to Argentina and Chile in South America.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Desert Needlegrass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Eriocoma parishii
- Eriocoma thurberiana
- Eriocoma occidentalis
- Stipagrostis uniplumis
- Aristida adscensionis
- Stipa glareosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Pappostipa
- Species
- Pappostipa speciosa
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