Oplismenus hirtellus, commonly known as basket grass, is a species of flowering perennial plant from the family Poaceae that can be found on every continent in the world except Antarctica, growing mostly in coastal tropic and subtropic regions as well as tropical and subtropical islands such as Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and Madagascar.

[1] The species flowering stalk is located 200 millimetres (7.9 in) above the leaves with the sticky purple colored awns.

[2] It grows 0.3 metres (1 ft 0 in) high and has some hairs which have 10-15 nerves on either side.

The plant is whitish on the lower surface and is very narrow near midrib.

[2] Oplismenus hirtellus is considered native to the southeastern United States,[3] growing in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Oklahoma.