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 ...