Calflora Taxon Report
Nassella lepida  (Hitchc.) Barkworth

(not an active name)
Foothill stipa, Small flowered needlegrass, Small flowered stipa, Smallflower tussockgrass
photo on CalPhotos
2009 Adonis (Don) Tate
photo on CalPhotos
2009 Tom Cochrane
Nassella lepida is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Stipa lepida
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Genus: Nassella
Family: Poaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot
Habitat: slopes

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Chaparral, Coastal Prairie

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
 		Alternate Names:
PLANTSStipa lepida var. andersonii
OTHERStipa lepida var. lepida
POWO + PLANTSStipa lepida
JEFStipa lepida
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Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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