Botanical Name
Schizachyrium scoparium
Common Name
Little Bluestem
Wetland Status
FACU
Ornamental grass, fine-textured foliage; forms dense mounds 18-24 in. tall. Slender, blue-green stems in August and reaches 3’ by September become radiant mahogany-red with white, shining seed tufts in the fall. Likes sun, part-shade in well-drained soil.