Stipa tenuissima – Mexican Feather Grass – Achnatherum – Feather Grass – Needle grass – Spear Grass –

S. tenuissima – Mexican Feather Grass – This densely tufted, deciduous perennial from Texas, Northern Mexico and Argentina grows 24″ tall and half as wide.It produces erect, narrowly linear to filament like, tightly inrolled, bright green leaves, 12″ or more long.Throughout summer, bears a profusion of narrow, nodding, softly feathery panicles, to 12″ long, greenish white at first, becoming buff.The whole plant billows in the slightest breeze.