Pronunciation: STY-pa dee-ay-go-EN-sis
Common name: San Diego County needlegrass
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Rocky soils, chaparral, coastal sage scrub,
Peninsular Range to Baja, Channel Islands
Blooming period: May to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Stipa
2) diegoensis
Formerly Achnatherum diegoense