Melica spectabilis: Difference between revisions

Melica spectabilis
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Melica
Species:	M. spectabilis
Binomial name
	Melica spectabilis; Scribn.

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Melica spectabilis is a species of grass known by the common names purple oniongrass and showy oniongrass.

Distribution[edit]

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California to the Rocky Mountains, where it grows in moist meadows, forests, and other mountainous habitat.

Description[edit]

Melica spectabilis is a perennial grass which varies in maximum height from under 10 centimetres (3.9 in) to nearly a meter, growing from rhizomes and stalked, onionlike corms. The inflorescence is a narrow series of spikelets which are green with evenly spaced purple bands.

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+{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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+{{Speciesbox
 |image = Melica spectabilis.jpg
 |status = G5
 |status_system = TNC
+|status_ref =
-|regnum = [[Plantae]]
+|genus = Melica
-|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
+|species = spectabilis
-|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]
-|unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]]
+|authority = [[Scribn.]]
+}}
-|ordo = [[Poales]]
-|familia = [[Poaceae]]
+'''''Melica spectabilis''''' is a species of [[Poaceae|grass]] known by the common names '''purple oniongrass''' and '''showy oniongrass'''.
-|genus = ''[[Melica]]''
-|species = '''''M. spectabilis'''''
-|binomial = ''Melica spectabilis''
-|binomial_authority = [[Scribn.]]
-|}}
-'''''Melica spectabilis''''' is a species of [[Poaceae|grass]] known by the common name '''Purple oniongrass'''.
 ==Distribution==
 It is native to western North America from [[British Columbia]] to northern [[California]] to the [[Rocky Mountains]], where it grows in moist meadows, forests, and other mountainous habitat.
 ==Description==
-''Melica spectabilis'' is a perennial grass which varies in maximum height from under 10 centimeters to nearly a meter, growing from [[rhizome]]s and stalked, onionlike [[corm]]s. The [[inflorescence]] is a narrow series of spikelets which are green with evenly spaced purple bands.
+''Melica spectabilis'' is a perennial grass which varies in maximum height from under {{convert|10|cm}} to nearly a meter, growing from [[rhizome]]s and stalked, onionlike [[corm]]s. The [[inflorescence]] is a narrow series of spikelets which are green with evenly spaced purple bands.
 ==External links==
 *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9100,9109 Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Melica spectabilis'']
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110611153844/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Melica_spectabilis&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
-*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MESP USDA Plants Profile: Melica spectabilis]
-*[http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Melica_spectabilis&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
 *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Melica+spectabilis ''Melica spectabilis'' - Photo gallery]
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q15298554}}
 [[Category:Melica|spectabilis]]
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 [[Category:Flora of British Columbia]]
 [[Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States]]
+[[Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains]]
+[[Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges]]