Achnatherum latiglume

Achnatherum latiglume is a species of grass known by the common names wide-glumed needlegrass and Sierra needlegrass.

Achnatherum latiglume
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Achnatherum
Species:
A. latiglume
Binomial name
Achnatherum latiglume
(Swallen) Barkworth
Synonyms

Stipa latiglumis

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

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

  1. Jepson: Stipa latiglumis . accessed 4.2.2015


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