Onespike Oatgrass
Danthonia unispicata
Onespike oatgrass is a tiny western bunchgrass of dry, rocky openings and scablands, drought-hardy and well suited to lean rock-garden conditions.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.8–0.8 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
More Danthonia species
- Poverty Oatgrass (Danthonia spicata)
- California Oatgrass (Danthonia californica)
- Timber Oatgrass (Danthonia intermedia)