Index / Search / Hesperostipa comata

§1 Plant

Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth

vernacular needle and thread — species · Poaceae


USDA
HECO26
GBIF
2702491
Rank
species
needle and thread (Hesperostipa comata)
Platephotograph · Trevor Van LoonCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus
Hesperostipa
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 407 counties across 24 states/territories
Legend Native · 407 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 407 counties across 24 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
California view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 48 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 25 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 35 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 45 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 17 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 26 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 22 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/HECO26 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2702491 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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