Poaceae
Finestem needlegrass
Nassella tenuissima
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Nassella
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 细茎针茅
- Dutch
- Fijn vedergras, Mexicaans vedergras
- English
- Finestem needlegrass, Pony tails, Mexican feather grass, Argentine needle-grass, Fineleaved nassella, Mexican feathergrass, Nasella tennuissima
- Estonian
- Jõhv-stepirohi
- Finnish
- Hentohöyhenheinä
- Polish
- Ostnica drobnokwiatowa
Synonyms
- Stipa cirrosa E.Fourn.
- Stipa geniculata Phil.
- Stipa mendocina Phil.
- Stipa oreophila Speg.
- Stipa subulata E.Fourn.
- Stipa tenuissima Trin.
- Stipa tenuissima f. colorata F.A.Roig
- Stipa tenuissima f. nana Parodi
- Stipa tenuissima var. oreophila (Speg.) Speg.
- Stipa tenuissima var. planicola Speg.
- Stipa tenuissima var. tenuissima
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.