Melica geyeri
| Melica geyeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Melica |
| Species: | M. geyeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Melica geyeri Munro ex Bol.
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Melica geyeri is a species of grass known by the common name Geyer's oniongrass.
Distribution[]
It is native to Oregon and California, including the Sierra Nevada. It grows in many types of habitat, including mountain forests and open hillsides.
Description[]
Melica geyeri is a rhizomatous perennial grass growing up to 2 meters in maximum height. The base of the stem swells into onionlike corms. The inflorescence is a wide array of long, narrow, pointed spikelets which are green with purple banding.
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Categories:
- Melica
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Native grasses of California
- Grasses of the United States
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Pooideae stubs