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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} |
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|image = Dasyochloa pulchella |
| image = Dasyochloa pulchella.jpg |
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|regnum = [[Plantae]] |
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|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |
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|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]] |
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|unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]] |
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|ordo = [[Poales]] |
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|familia = [[Poaceae]] |
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|binomial = ''Dasyochloa pulchella'' |
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'''''Dasyochloa''''' is a monotypic species<ref name=grass>[http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Dasyochloa_pulchella&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]</ref> of [[Poaceae|grass]] containing the single species '''''Dasyochloa pulchella''''' ([[Synonym (taxonomy)|syn.]] ''Erioneuron pulchellum''), which is known by the common names '''fluffgrass''' and '''low woollygrass'''. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern to central Mexico, where it grows in dry regions such as deserts. It is a perennial grass forming small tufts just a few centimeters high with clumps of short, sharp-pointed leaves. The tufts are often enveloped in masses of cottony fibers; these are actually hairlike strands of excreted and evaporated [[Salt (chemistry)|mineral salts]].<ref name=grass/> The [[inflorescence]] is one or two centimeters long and bears spikelets which are pale in color, sometimes striped with red, purple, or green. |
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'''''Dasyochloa''''' is a [[monotypic genus]] containing the single species '''''Dasyochloa pulchella'''''<ref name=grass>[http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Dasyochloa_pulchella&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611152115/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Dasyochloa_pulchella&type=treatment |date=2011-06-11 }}</ref> (formerly ''Erioneuron pulchellum''),<ref>Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam Mackay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 314</ref> known as '''desert fluff-grass''' or '''low woollygrass'''{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}, a densely tufted [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[Poaceae|grass]] found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.<ref name=MDW>Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam Mackay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 283</ref> |
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==Range and habitat== |
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It is native to the [[Southwestern United States]], [[California]], and northern to central Mexico, where it grows in dry regions such as deserts. |
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==Growth pattern== |
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It is a perennial [[bunchgrass]] forming small tufts just a few centimeters high with clumps of short, sharp-pointed leaves. The tufts are often enveloped in masses of cottony fibers; these are actually hairlike strands of excreted and evaporated [[Salt (chemistry)|mineral salts]].<ref name=grass/> |
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==Stems and leaves== |
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{{Poaceae-stub}} |
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The leaves produce soft, cob-webby hairs that dissolve in water, after summer rains.<ref name=MDW/> The hairs are typically not present in spring.<ref name=MDW/> Numerous hairless, wiry, stems are {{convert|2|-|5|in|cm|0}} tall.<ref name=MDW/> |
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==Inflorescence== |
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[[ca:Dasyochloa]] |
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The hairy [[inflorescence]] is a spikelet on the end of the stem, surrounded by a bundle of bractlike leaves, and is 1/4" to 1/2" long.<ref name=MDW/> The spikelets which are pale in color, sometimes striped with red, purple, or green.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} It blooms from February to May.<ref name=MDW/> |
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{{Taxonbar|from1=Q1926237|from2=Q32855988}} |
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[[Category:Bunchgrasses of North America]] |
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[[Category:Grasses of the United States]] |
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[[Category:Native grasses of California]] |
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[[Category:Flora of the California desert regions]] |
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[[Category:Flora of the Sonoran Deserts]] |
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[[Category:Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert]] |
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[[Category:Flora of Northwestern Mexico]] |
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[[Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status]] |
Latest revision as of 22:45, 4 April 2024
Dasyochloa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
Tribe: | Cynodonteae |
Subtribe: | Scleropogoninae |
Genus: | Dasyochloa Willd. ex Rydb. |
Species: | D. pulchella
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Binomial name | |
Dasyochloa pulchella (Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.
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Synonyms | |
Erioneuron pulchellum |
Dasyochloa is a monotypic genus containing the single species Dasyochloa pulchella[1] (formerly Erioneuron pulchellum),[2] known as desert fluff-grass or low woollygrass[citation needed], a densely tufted perennial grass found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[3]
Range and habitat[edit]
It is native to the Southwestern United States, California, and northern to central Mexico, where it grows in dry regions such as deserts.
Growth pattern[edit]
It is a perennial bunchgrass forming small tufts just a few centimeters high with clumps of short, sharp-pointed leaves. The tufts are often enveloped in masses of cottony fibers; these are actually hairlike strands of excreted and evaporated mineral salts.[1]
Stems and leaves[edit]
The leaves produce soft, cob-webby hairs that dissolve in water, after summer rains.[3] The hairs are typically not present in spring.[3] Numerous hairless, wiry, stems are 2–5 inches (5–13 cm) tall.[3]
Inflorescence[edit]
The hairy inflorescence is a spikelet on the end of the stem, surrounded by a bundle of bractlike leaves, and is 1/4" to 1/2" long.[3] The spikelets which are pale in color, sometimes striped with red, purple, or green.[citation needed] It blooms from February to May.[3]