Ptilagrostiella

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Ptilagrostiella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Stipeae
Genus: Ptilagrostiella
Romasch., P.M.Peterson & Soreng
Species:
P. kingii
Binomial name
Ptilagrostiella kingii
(Bol.) Romasch.
Synonyms [1]
  • Oryzopsis kingii(Bol.) Beal
  • Ptilagrostis kingii(Bol.) Barkworth
  • Stipa kingiiBol.

Ptilagrostiella kingii is a species of grass known by the common names Sierra false needlegrass [2] and King's ricegrass. It is the sole species in genus Ptialgrostiella. It is a perennial native to central and eastern California and to Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico. [1] In California it is found in the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada, where it grows in meadows and near streams in subalpine and alpine climates.

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Description

It is a tuft-forming perennial bunchgrass growing 20 to 40 centimeters tall with narrow, rolled leaves. The narrow inflorescence is made up of a few upright branches lined with spikelets. Each spikelet has an awn up to 1.4 centimeters long which may be bent.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ptilagrostiella kingii (Bol.) Romasch". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  2. ↑ NRCS. "Ptilagrostis kingii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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