Eriocoma parishii is a species of grass known by the common name Parish's needlegrass.

[1] The Jepson Manual 2nd edition (2012) reclassified the plant as Stipa parishii var.

[3][4] Stipa parishii is a perennial bunch grass which forms tight tufts of erect stems up to about 80 centimeters tall.

The inflorescence is up to 15 centimeters long and packed with densely hairy spikelets.

The bunchgrass is native to western North America from southern California and Baja California, through Arizona and Nevada, to Utah, where it grows in many types of habitat, especially chaparral and other dry habitats.