Dasyochloa

Dasyochloa
Dasyochloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Dasyochloa
Willd. ex Rydb.
Species: D. pulchella
Binomial name
Dasyochloa pulchella
(Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.
Synonyms

Erioneuron pulchellum
Tridens pulchellus
Triodia pulchella

Dasyochloa is a monotypic species[1] of grass containing the single species Dasyochloa pulchella (syn. Erioneuron pulchellum), which is known by the common names fluffgrass and low woollygrass. 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 inflorescence is one or two centimeters long and bears spikelets which are pale in color, sometimes striped with red, purple, or green.

References

  1. ^ a b Grass Manual Treatment

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