Blepharidachne kingii

Blepharidachne kingii
Conservation status
	; Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Blepharidachne
Species:	B. kingii
Binomial name
	Blepharidachne kingii; (S.Wats.) Hack.

Blepharidachne kingii is a species of grass known by the common name King's eyelashgrass. It is native to the Great Basin in the United States, where it grows in habitat such as pinyon-juniper woodland.^[2] It is rare in California^[1] and Idaho,^[3] but it is one of the most common grasses of the northeastern deserts of Nevada.^[1]

Description

Blepharidachne kingii is a perennial bunchgrass growing in clumps or mats of stems 3 to 14 centimeters tall. The curved, twisted, stiff, hairlike leaf blades are up to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a purplish to straw-colored panicle of finely hairy spikelets.^[2]^[4]

Common associates in the flora of the plant's basin and desert habitat include saltbush, winterfat, creosote bush, ragweed, greasewood, hopsage, and boxthorn.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Blepharidachne kingii. NatureServe. 2012.
^ ^a ^b Blepharidachne kingii. The Jepson Manual.
^ Blepharidachne kingii. Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
^ Valdés-Reyna, J. Blepharidachne. Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual. Flora of North America.

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[ns-1] Blepharidachne kingii. NatureServe. 2012.

[jeps-2] Blepharidachne kingii. The Jepson Manual.

[id-3] Blepharidachne kingii. Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

[gm-4] Valdés-Reyna, J. Blepharidachne. Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual. Flora of North America.

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