Crinkled Hair Grass
Deschampsia flexuosa
Poaceae
Other names
Wavy Hair Grass, Common Hair Grass
Growth habit
Grass/Sedge
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Asia, Europe, NE and South America
Location
Conifer Slope, Bald Hill and Caroline Pinnacles
Source of plant
Unknown
Description
To 90cm. Stems smooth, slender, wiry. Leaves to 20cm, glabrous, wavy, terete, threadlike; ligules blunt, to 0.3cm. Inflorescence open, loose, to 12cm x 7.5cm, shiny; spikelets to 6mm, tinged purple, brown or siver; lemma scabrous; awns to 0.8cm, twisted, bent.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4
Special characteristics
notable texture, foliage characteristics
Status
L1|S5|G5