Hesperostipa comata

Family: Poaceae
Common Name: needle and thread
Symbol: HECO26
Description: Perennial. Culms 12-110 cm; lower nodes glabrous or pubescent. Lower sheaths glabrous or pubescent, not ciliate; ligules of lower leaves 1-6.5 mm, scarious, usually acute; ligules of upper leaves to 7 mm; blades 0.5-4 mm wide, usually involute. Panicles 10-32 cm, contracted. Glumes 16-35 mm, 3-5-veined; lower glumes 18-35 mm; upper glumes 1-3 mm shorter; florets 7-13 mm; calluses 2-4 mm; lemmas evenly pubescent; awns 65-225 mm, first 2 segments scabrous to strigose, hairs shorter than 1 mm, Sheri Hagwood @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database