It is native to the Great Basin in the United States, where it grows in habitat such as pinyon-juniper woodland.

[2] It is rare in California[1] and Idaho,[3] but it is one of the most common grasses of the northeastern deserts of Nevada.

[1] Blepharidachne kingii is a perennial bunchgrass growing in clumps or mats of stems 3 to 14 centimeters tall.

The curved, twisted, stiff, hairlike leaf blades are up to 3 centimeters long.

[2][4] Common associates in the flora of the plant's basin and desert habitat include saltbush, winterfat, creosote bush, ragweed, greasewood, hopsage, and boxthorn.