Kingdom: Plantae (2634)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2538)
Class: Liliopsida (389)
Order: Poales (4)
Family: Poaceae (72)(family description)
Genus: Hyparrhenia (1)
Epithet: hirta (L.) Stapf (10)
hirta => with short or fairly stiff hairs, hairy but shorter than hirsute