Achnatherum latiglume

Taxobox
name = "Achnatherum latiglume"

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image_width = 170px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Achnatherum"
species = "A. latiglume"
binomial = "Achnatherum latiglume"
binomial_authority = (Swallen) Barkworth
synonyms = "Stipa latiglumis"

"Achnatherum latiglume" is a species of grass known by the common names wide-glumed needlegrass and Sierra needlegrass. It is endemic to 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 south. This is a perennial grass forming tight bunches of erect stems up to 110 centimeters tall. It has hairlike leaves under 3 millimeters wide and 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.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8739,8743 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACDI10 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Achnatherum_latiglume&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Achnatherum+latiglume Photo gallery]