| Dasyochloa | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Scleropogoninae |
| Genus: |
Dasyochloa Willd. ex Rydb. |
| Species: | D. pulchella
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| Binomial name | |
| Dasyochloa pulchella (
Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.
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| Synonyms | |
|
Erioneuron pulchellum | |
Dasyochloa is a monotypic genus containing the single species Dasyochloa pulchella [1] (formerly Erioneuron pulchellum), [2] known as desert fluff-grass or low woollygrass[ citation needed], a densely tufted perennial grass found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [3]
It is native to the Southwestern United States, California, and northern to central Mexico, where it grows in dry regions such as deserts.
It is a perennial bunchgrass forming small tufts just a few centimeters high with clumps of short, sharp-pointed leaves. The tufts are often enveloped in masses of cottony fibers; these are actually hairlike strands of excreted and evaporated mineral salts. [1]
The leaves produce soft, cob-webby hairs that dissolve in water, after summer rains. [3] The hairs are typically not present in spring. [3] Numerous hairless, wiry, stems are 2–5 inches (5–13 cm) tall. [3]
The hairy inflorescence is a spikelet on the end of the stem, surrounded by a bundle of bractlike leaves, and is 1/4" to 1/2" long. [3] The spikelets which are pale in color, sometimes striped with red, purple, or green.[ citation needed] It blooms from February to May. [3]
| Dasyochloa | |
|---|---|
|
| |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
| Subtribe: | Scleropogoninae |
| Genus: |
Dasyochloa Willd. ex Rydb. |
| Species: | D. pulchella
|
| Binomial name | |
| Dasyochloa pulchella (
Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.
| |
| Synonyms | |
|
Erioneuron pulchellum | |
Dasyochloa is a monotypic genus containing the single species Dasyochloa pulchella [1] (formerly Erioneuron pulchellum), [2] known as desert fluff-grass or low woollygrass[ citation needed], a densely tufted perennial grass found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [3]
It is native to the Southwestern United States, California, and northern to central Mexico, where it grows in dry regions such as deserts.
It is a perennial bunchgrass forming small tufts just a few centimeters high with clumps of short, sharp-pointed leaves. The tufts are often enveloped in masses of cottony fibers; these are actually hairlike strands of excreted and evaporated mineral salts. [1]
The leaves produce soft, cob-webby hairs that dissolve in water, after summer rains. [3] The hairs are typically not present in spring. [3] Numerous hairless, wiry, stems are 2–5 inches (5–13 cm) tall. [3]
The hairy inflorescence is a spikelet on the end of the stem, surrounded by a bundle of bractlike leaves, and is 1/4" to 1/2" long. [3] The spikelets which are pale in color, sometimes striped with red, purple, or green.[ citation needed] It blooms from February to May. [3]