Dasyochloa pulchella

Low Woollygrass
Dasyochloa pulchella

Family: Grass (Poaceae)
AKA: Fluffgrass
Photo taken on: April 3, 2017
Location: Red Wash Canyon, Abiquiu, NM
Life Zones: Foothills
Habitat: Dry rocky slopes

 A tufted grass growing to less than 6 inches high with narrow sharp-pointed leaves. It is dry most of the year. The flower heads are a dense cluster of florets surrounded by a tuft of leaf blades.

Grasses, Sedges & Rushes