Botanical Name: Pleuraphis jamesii
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Common Name: Galleta, Curly grass  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Ground cover, Perennial, Grass

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Yellow

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green, Light Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: wrong picture
  • Description

  • Notes

A low growing (3 to 20 inches tall), rather coarse grass, growing as an open sod or in small bunches. Spreads by rhizomes and seeds. Seed spikes are purplish to straw-colored, and usually flower in the spring. Leave blades are narrow, and soft green turning to straw when dry or dormant. Use for a meadow or informal lawn area; mixes well with side and blue grama, sand dropseed, and buffalograss for a low-water lawn. A warm-season grass, it is dormant during the cooler parts of the spring, fall, and of course, during the winter. A Utah native.