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Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash

Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash

Hilaria belangeri
Photo: Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. · Public domain

Hilaria belangeri (Steud.) Nash. Hilaria belangeri is a species of grass known by the common name curly mesquite, sometimes written curlymesquite or curly-mesquite. It is not related to mesquites, which are legumes. This grass is native to Mexico and the southwestern United States from Arizona to Texas.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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