Achnatherum latiglume
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Achnatherum |
| Species: | A. latiglume |
| Binomial name | |
| Achnatherum latiglume (Swallen) Barkworth |
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Stipa latiglumis |
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Achnatherum latiglume is a species of grass known by the common names wide-glumed needlegrass and Sierra needlegrass.
Its current classification by the Jepson Herbarium is Stipa latiglumis.[1]
The 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.
Description[edit]
Achnatherum latiglume 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]
- ^ Jepson: Stipa latiglumis . accessed 4.2.2015
External links[edit]
- Calflora Database: Stipa latiglumis (Wide-glumed needle grass)
- Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Stipa latiglumis
- USDA Plants Profile for Achnatherum latiglume (Sierra needlegrass)
- Grass Manual Treatment
- Stipa latiglumis — UC Photos gallery
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