Tara Prairie Dropseed is a clumping warm season grass with bright green leaves and delicate flower panicles that appear in late summer and early fall. The clump can grow to about 3 feet high and 3 feet wide. The fragrant flowers are a pinkish brown which mature to a golden brown in late fall.

In massed plantings the flowers provide an attractive pinkish haze which is enhanced by backlighting in early morning or late afternoon. This grass is a wonderful all year plant with bright green foliage in spring and summer, flower spikes in late summer, fall and winter, and golden-orange foliage in fall. Many gardeners prune back very hard in late winter so the plant can provide visual interest through the winter, allowing the panicles to sway in the wind. This cultivar is a more upright version of prairie dropseed, with a more vase-like mature plant shape.