Kingdom: Plantae (2624)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2527)
Class: Liliopsida (388)
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