Warm season, native, perennial grass. Adapted to dry, medium to heavy upland soils. Tolerates drought and alkaline soils. Heat and cold resistant. Leaf blades are narrow, relatively short and curled.

Plants have a prostrate growth habitat. It naturally grows in mixed stands, primarily with buffalograss (Bouteloua dactyloides), needle-and-thread ( Hesperostipa comata), western wheatgrass ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Florida Entomologist Vol. 84, No. 3, Sep., 2001 First Records of the Sugar Cane and Fora... First Records of the Sugar Cane and Forage Grass Pest, ...