Galleta
Pleuraphis jamesii
A wiry, rhizomatous warm-season grass that holds the soil across the driest shortgrass and desert grasslands, greening up fast after rain. Tough, important forage and erosion control.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, KS, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT, WY