Eriocoma latiglumis

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

Eriocoma latiglumis

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Eriocoma
Species:
E. latiglumis
Binomial name
Eriocoma latiglumis
(Swallen) Romasch. (2019)
Synonyms[2]
  • Achnatherum latiglume (Swallen) Barkworth (1993)
  • Stipa latiglumis Swallen (1933)

It is a 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.

It is also known by the synonyms Stipa latiglumis and Achnatherum latiglume.[2] The Jepson Herbarium calls it Stipa latiglumis.[3]

Description

Eriocoma latiglumis 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.

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