Six-weeks Fescue
Pullout Grass
Vulpia octoflora
15 km south of Aguila, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. March 2017.
ANNUAL GRASS: A delicate annual of one to several stems not much exceeding
20 cm tall. Present in spring following good precipitation.
RANGE: Can be found on flats or gentle slopes through much of the Sonoran Desert
but is often hard to see.
LEAVES: Leaf blades about 2 mm wide with edges rolled over.
wide.
SPIKES: Narrow panicle with short, straight awns from each floret. Often eight florets per spike.
UNARMED