Helictotrichon sempervirens ‘Saphirsprudel’
Blue oat grass
This ornamental oat grass is a cultivar.
Plants: This grass is 2–3′ (60–91 cm) in height.
Leaves: Leaf blades are stiff, linear, and steel blue in color, up to 1½′ ⨉ ½″ (45 ⨉ 1.3 cm), with sharp tips.
Flowers: It blooms in June, with bluish-brown flowers.
Fruits: Flower spikelets mature to a golden wheat color by fall.
Online References:
9/7/2010 · New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, Massachusetts · ≈ 2 × 1′ (62 × 41 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Commelinidae | Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others |
| Order | Cyperales | Flowering plants including grasses |
| Family | Poaceae | Grasses (but not sedges or rushes) |
| Genus | Helictotrichon | From Greek heliktos, “twisted,” and trichos, “hair,” referring to the shape of the awn |
| Species | sempervirens | Latin for “evergreen” |
Helictotrichon sempervirens ‘Saphirsprudel’ description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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