Grass (Poaceae)
ISM Herbarium
: Prairie Herbs
: Grass (Poaceae)
Stipa spartea (Porcupine Grass)
This specimen of Porcupine Grass shows some of the long seeds (lower right) and some of a root (lower left). This plant grows to two feet tall in mesic prairies. It blooms from late spring to early summer.
Collection of the Illinois State Museum
ISM Herbarium Sheet #: 46702
![<i>Stipa spartea</i> (Porcupine Grass)](/ismdepts/botany/collections/herbarium/kuhnia-veronica/Stipa-spartea-46702.jpg)
ISM Herbarium
: Prairie Herbs
: Grass (Poaceae)
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