Search results
Purple Needlegrasss is California's most widespread native grass. It was named California's State Grass in 2004. Purple needlegrass gets its name from the color of its young seeds. It is a perennial bunchgrass that can grow up to 3 feet tall.
Nassella pulchra, basionym Stipa pulchra, is a species of grass known by the common names purple needlegrass and purple tussockgrass. [4] It is native to the U.S. state of California, where it occurs throughout the coastal hills, valleys, and mountain ranges, as well as the Sacramento Valley and parts of the Sierra Nevada foothills, and Baja ...
Purple needlegrass is a densely tufted, long-lived, upright perennial bunchgrass with conspicuously long awns. It has numerous basal leaves and a distinct nodding habit at anthesis. Plants are generally 2 to 3 feet tall (0.6 to 0.9 m) producing an open, nodding panicle of 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 cm).
The state grass of California, Nassella pulchra (Purple Needle Grass) is a densely tufted, upright perennial bunchgrass with smooth to finely hairy, long green leaves. In early to mid-summer, it boasts conspicuously long, twice-bent awns, up to 4 in. long (10 cm), that extend from the tip of each of the flowers.
The Purple Needlegrass may be found at nurseries under the old name Stipa pulchra. Nassella pulchra is a larval food for the butterfly. Red florets and long awns of Nassella pulchra - Purple Needlegrass. High resolution photos are part of our garden image collection.
Purple needlegrass (Nassella pulchra) is a native bunchgrass that’s both stunningly beautiful (with its purple seed heads) and hardy in the face of drought. It can be seen throughout California, growing in any sort of soil, including clay, and thriving in dry and hot areas.
Purple Needlegrass. Nassella pulchra. California chose a valuable native grass for its State Grass: purple needlegrass. It grows from the Oregon border to Baja California and can live for 100 years and more. This 2-3 foot tall native bunchgrass has 2-6 feet deep roots.