Eriocoma latiglumis
Eriocoma latiglumis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Genus: | Eriocoma |
Species: | E. latiglumis |
Binomial name | |
Eriocoma latiglumis (Swallen) Romasch. (2019) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Eriocoma latiglumis is a species of grass known by the common names wide-glumed needlegrass and Sierra needlegrass.
It is a bunchgrass is endemic to montane California, where it grows in the mountain meadows and pine forests of the Sierra Nevada, and in a few areas of the Transverse Ranges to the southwest.
It is also known by the synonyms Stipa latiglumis and Achnatherum latiglume.[2] The Jepson Herbarium calls it Stipa latiglumis.[3]
Description
[edit]Eriocoma latiglumis is a perennial bunchgrass forming tight bunches of erect stems up to 110 centimeters tall. It has hairlike leaves under 3 millimeters wide.
The inflorescence is up to about 30 centimeters long. Each hairy spikelet is just over a centimeter long and sharply pointed, with an awn about 4 centimeters long and kinked twice.
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ a b Eriocoma latiglumis (Swallen) Romasch. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ Jepson: Stipa latiglumis . accessed 4.2.2015