Pronunciation: STY-pa PARE-ish-ee-eye
Common name: Parish's needlegrass
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Dry rocky slopes, 3000'-9000', pinyon-
juniper woodland, desert slopes of mountains,
Transverse and Peninsular Ranges
Blooming period: May to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Stipa
2) parishii
Formerly Achnatherum parishii