Paspalum urvillei

Vasey's grass

Family: Poaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Vasey's grass is a naturalized perennial found in the Southern California Coast and Sacramento Valley regions in disturbed areas at elevations below 100 meters. Flowering from June to December, this grass produces straw-yellow to purple spikelets in clusters of 10 to 30 racemes. Growing 50 to 220 centimeters tall with erect stems that form dense tufted clumps, it develops a knotty base with short rhizomes. Its leaves are flat, 2 to 12 millimeters wide, with occasional long hairs near the base and ligules 1 to 4 millimeters long. The small white fruits measure 1.2 to 1.7 millimeters in length.

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Bloom period: Jun-Dec

Elevation: < 100 m

Bioregions: ScV, SCo, expected elsewhere

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.