Pronunciation: STY-pa kor-on-AY-ta
Common name: Giant stipa, Crested needlegrass
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Dry slopes and gravelly, rocky places to
5000', chaparral, coastal sage scrub
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Stipa
2) coronata
Formerly Achnatherum coronatum