Piptochaetium, or speargrass,[3] is a genus of plants in the grass family, native to North and South America.

Piptochaetium is a bunchgrass genus in the tribe Stipeae.

[4][5][6][7][8] Some of its species have been included in the genus Stipa by some authors.

[9][10] see Nassella Stipa Media related to Piptochaetium at Wikimedia Commons