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Pronunciation: STY-pa AR-i-dum
Common name: Mormon needlegrass
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Dry slopes, limestone soils, 4000'-6000', pinyon-juniper woodland, northern and eastern Mojave Desert (Clark and Funeral Mts)
Blooming period: May to June
Name derivations: 1) Stipa 2) arida
Formerly Achnatherum aridum