Eriocoma lettermanii

Eriocoma lettermanii is a species of grass known by the common name Letterman's needlegrass. It is native to the western United States from California and Oregon to Montana and New Mexico, where it is a resident of several types of habitat.

Eriocoma lettermanii
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. lettermanii
Binomial name
Eriocoma lettermanii
(Vasey) Romasch. (2019)
Synonyms[1]
  • Achnatherum lettermanii (Vasey) Barkworth (1993)
  • Stipa lettermanii Vasey (1886)
  • Stipa minor (Vasey) Scribn. (1898)
  • Stipa occidentalis var. minor (Vasey) C.L.Hitchc. (1969)
  • Stipa viridula var. lettermanii (Vasey) Vasey (1893)
  • Stipa viridula var. minor Vasey (1892)

Eriocoma lettermanii is a tufting perennial bunchgrass which forms large clumps of erect stems up to about 80 centimeters tall. The leaves are short and slightly curly. The inflorescence is up to about 19 centimeters long and has open branches with few spikelets. Each spikelet is less than a centimeter long but has an awn which can be up to about 2.5 centimeters in length. The awn has two kinks.

References
  1. Eriocoma lettermanii (Vasey) Romasch. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.