Hyparrhenia hirta Common Thatching Grass ORDER: PoalesFAMILY: PoaceaeHEIGHT: 30-120 cm FLOWERING TIME: J F M A M J J A S O N D CHARACTERISTICS: perennial herb forming tufts; reddish spikelets with peduncle, sometimes hanging.ECOLOGY: clearings of oak shrublands, frequently on slopes; stony soils.OBSERVATIONS: used for tapestry and basketry in South Africa. LIFE-FORM Species from the same groupAgrostis pourretiiAllium roseumAnagallis arvensisAnchusa undulataAndryala integrifoliaAvena barbataBartsia trixagoBrachypodium distachyonBriza maximaCampanula lusitanicaChamaemelum mixtumCynara humilisCytinus hypocistisEchium plantagineumEryngium corniculatumFritillaria lusitanicaGalactites tomentosaGladyolos italicusGynandriris sisyrinchiumHyparrhenia hirtaJasione montanaLeontodon taraxacoidesLeucojum autumnaleLinaria amethysteaLinum bienneLolium rigidumNarcissus bulbocodiumOenanthe crocataOrchis morioOrnithopus compressusPapaver rhoeasPlantago lagopusPulicaria paludosaRanunculus peltatusRumex bucephalophorusScirpoides holoschoenusSerapias parvifloraSilene gallicaSpergularia purpureaTolpis barbataTrifolium stellatumTuberaria guttataTypha domingensisVulpia geniculata
