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Little ricegrass

Piptatheropsis exigua (Thurb.) Romasch., P.M.Peterson & Soreng

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Piptatheropsis

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Little ricegrass: This bunch grass is locally common and distingushed by its narrow inrolled leaf blades and narrow short panicles. The single floret of each spikelet bears a cur
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Little ricegrass

Synonyms

  • Oryzopsis exigua Thurb.
  • Piptatherum exiguum (Thurb.) Dorn
  • Stipa exigua (Thurb.) Columbus & J.P.Sm.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.