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Species of flowering plant

Blepharidachne kingii
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Genus: Blepharidachne
Species: B. kingii
Binomial name
Blepharidachne kingii
(S.Wats.) Hack.

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. It is rare in California and Idaho, but it is one of the most common grasses of the northeastern deserts of Nevada.

Description

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.

Common associates in the flora of the plant's basin and desert habitat include saltbush, winterfat, creosote bush, ragweed, greasewood, hopsage, and boxthorn.

References

  1. ^ Blepharidachne kingii. NatureServe. 2012.
  2. ^ Blepharidachne kingii. The Jepson Manual.
  3. Blepharidachne kingii. Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
  4. Valdés-Reyna, J. Blepharidachne. Archived June 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Grass Manual. Flora of North America.

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Blepharidachne kingii


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