light pink rose on stem with green leaves

Crinkled Hair Grass

Deschampsia flexuosa
Poaceae

Growth Habit

Grass/Sedge

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.

Source of plant

Unknown

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

notable texture, foliage characteristics