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Pronunciation: STY-pa spee-see-OH-sa
Common name: Desert needlegrass
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Dry rocky places to 6500', creosote bush scrub, joshua tree woodland, both deserts, interior cismontane valley chaparral
Blooming period: April to June
Name derivations: 1) Stipa 2) speciosa
Formerly Achnatherum speciosum