| Scientific Name: | Nassella tenuissima |
| Common Name: | narrow feather grass, Mexican feather grass, angel hair grass |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico, South America, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Fall interest, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Grass-like, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Filiform, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, White, Green, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, filiform (very narrow), 20-70cm long x 0.2-1mm wide, upright, arching, bright green; turning straw coloured in fall; panicle of 50-100 spikelets with 1 fertile floret each; grains 2-3mm long with a white hair-like twisted awl 3-5cm long. | |