The fluffy panicles of flower spikelets and fruit are covered in reddish, fading to silvery pink hairs. The leaf sheaths are green to tinged reddish and linear in shape. This naturalized, weedy grass is native to South Africa.

Santa Catalina Mountains
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area.
Location: Beside road by creek below dam.
12/20/16

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