Pronunciation: STY-pa spes-ee-OH-sa
Common name: Desert needlegrass
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Dry rocky places to 6500', creosote bush
scrub, joshua tree woodland, both deserts, interior
cismontane valley chaparral
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Stipa
2) speciosa
Formerly Achnatherum speciosum