Vulpia elliotea, known by the common name sand fescue or squirreltail fescue, is an annual grass native to the southeastern United States. Its specific epithet elliotea is named for its discoverer, Stephen Elliott.
Vulpia elliotea is an erect grass, growing up to 50cm (20inches) in height. Its leaf sheaths are glabrous, and its blades are typically glabrous though they can be scabrous above. The involute blades are NaNmm wide. The inflorescence is 10cm (00inches) long. The erect panicle has ascending spikelets NaNmm long. The first glume is 2mm long; the second glume is 3.5mm long. The typically pubescent lemmas are NaNmm long, and the awns are two to four times as long. The grass flowers from May to June.[1]
Vulpia elliotea grows in dry, sandy prairies from New Jersey to Texas, up to southern Illinois and Missouri.[2]