Blepharidachne kingii is a species of grass known by the common name King's eyelashgrass. It is native to the Great Basin in the United States, where it grows in habitat such as pinyon-juniper woodland.[2] It is rare in California[1] and Idaho,[3] but it is one of the most common grasses of the northeastern deserts of Nevada.[1]
Blepharidachne kingii is a perennial bunchgrass growing in clumps or mats of stems 3 to 14 centimeters tall. The curved, twisted, stiff, hairlike leaf blades are up to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a purplish to straw-colored panicle of finely hairy spikelets.[2][4]
blepharidachne, kingii, species, grass, known, common, name, king, eyelashgrass, native, great, basin, united, states, where, grows, habitat, such, pinyon, juniper, woodland, rare, california, idaho, most, common, grasses, northeastern, deserts, nevada, conser. Blepharidachne kingii is a species of grass known by the common name King s eyelashgrass It is native to the Great Basin in the United States where it grows in habitat such as pinyon juniper woodland 2 It is rare in California 1 and Idaho 3 but it is one of the most common grasses of the northeastern deserts of Nevada 1 Blepharidachne kingiiConservation statusApparently Secure NatureServe 1 Scientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsClade CommelinidsOrder PoalesFamily PoaceaeGenus BlepharidachneSpecies B kingiiBinomial nameBlepharidachne kingii S Wats Hack Description EditBlepharidachne kingii is a perennial bunchgrass growing in clumps or mats of stems 3 to 14 centimeters tall The curved twisted stiff hairlike leaf blades are up to 3 centimeters long The inflorescence is a purplish to straw colored panicle of finely hairy spikelets 2 4 Common associates in the flora of the plant s basin and desert habitat include saltbush winterfat creosote bush ragweed greasewood hopsage and boxthorn 1 References Edit a b c d Blepharidachne kingii NatureServe 2012 a b Blepharidachne kingii The Jepson Manual Blepharidachne kingii Idaho Department of Fish and Game Valdes Reyna J Blepharidachne Archived June 11 2011 at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual Flora of North America External links EditCalflora Database Blepharidachne kingii King s eyelash grass USDA Plants Profile for Blepharidachne kingii King s eyelashgrass Jepson Manual eFlora treatment of Blepharidachne kingii UC CalPhotos gallery of Blepharidachne kingii images This Chloridoideae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Blepharidachne kingii amp oldid 1138294085, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
