Deschampsia elongata
Deschampsia elongata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Genus: | Deschampsia |
Species: | D. elongata
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Binomial name | |
Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro
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Deschampsia elongata is a species of grass known by the common name slender hairgrass.[1]
Distribution[]
It is native to western North America from Alaska to Wyoming to northern Mexico, and South America in Chile. It grows at all elevations, often in moist areas.
Description[]
It is a perennial grass forming dense clumps sometimes exceeding a meter in height. Most of the leaves are located in a tuft about the base of the stems.[2] The inflorescence is a thin row of V-shaped spikelets arranged parallel to and mostly flat against the stem.[3]
Individual clump.
Flowering stems.
References[]
- ^ "Slender Hairgrass". Archived from the original on 15 July 2015.
- ^ "Slender Hairgrass_USDA NRCS_Plant Fact Sheet" (PDF).
- ^ "slender hairgrass_Deschampsia elongata (Hook.) Munro" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2016.
External links[]
Data related to Deschampsia elongata at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Deschampsia
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Native grasses of California
- Grasses of Mexico
- Grasses of the United States
- Grasses of Canada
- Flora of California
- Plants described in 1840
- Pooideae stubs