Mesa Dropseed
Sporobolus flexuosus
Mesa dropseed is a wiry desert bunchgrass with open, zigzagging seed panicles, exceptionally drought-tolerant forage and cover for the arid Southwest.
- Family
- Poaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, KS, NM, NV, TX, UT
Related native plants
More Sporobolus species
- Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
- Sand Dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus)
- Alkali Sacaton (Sporobolus airoides)
- Big Sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii)