Botanical Name: Schizachyrium scoparium
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Common Name: Little Bluestem  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial, Grass

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Summer, Fall

 

Leaf Color

Green, Blue Green, Red

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Little bluestem is a charming native to the shortgrass prairie, and quite adaptable to urban settings. It is a warm-season bunchgrass that forms an erect clump growing 1 to 3 feet tall. The foliage is green to purplish, being one of the few purple/red colored grasses that is perennial in our region. Its inflorescence are a sort of zig-zaggy clumps of white fuzziness, flowering in mid-summer. The grass turns a lovely deep reddish bronze in the fall, and holds the color through the winter months. A Utah native.