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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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| display_parents = 4 |
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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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| species = pulchella |
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| familia = [[Poaceae]] |
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| subfamilia = [[Chloridoideae]] |
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| species = '''''D. pulchella''''' |
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| binomial = ''Dasyochloa pulchella'' |
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| synonyms = ''Erioneuron pulchellum''<br>''Tridens pulchellus''<br>''Triodia pulchella'' |
| synonyms = ''Erioneuron pulchellum''<br>''Tridens pulchellus''<br>''Triodia pulchella'' |
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'''''Dasyochloa''''' is a [[monotypic genus]]<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]]''''' (formerly ''[[Erioneuron pulchellum]]'')<ref name=MDW>Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam Mackay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 283</ref>, which is known by the common names '''fluffgrass''' and '''low woollygrass'''. 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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'''''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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⚫ | 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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==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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==Stems and leaves== |
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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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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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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9012,9014 Jepson Manual Treatment] |
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9012,9014 Jepson Manual Treatment] |
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* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DAPU7 USDA Plants Profile] |
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DAPU7 USDA Plants Profile] |
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* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Erioneuron+pulchellum Photo gallery] |
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Erioneuron+pulchellum Photo gallery] |
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{{Taxonbar|from1=Q1926237|from2=Q32855988}} |
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[[Category:Chloridoideae]] |
[[Category:Chloridoideae]] |
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[[Category:Bunchgrasses of North America]] |
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[[Category:Grasses of Mexico]] |
[[Category:Grasses of Mexico]] |
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[[Category:Grasses of the United States]] |
[[Category:Grasses of the United States]] |
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[[Category:Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert]] |
[[Category:Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert]] |
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[[Category:Flora of Northwestern Mexico]] |
[[Category:Flora of Northwestern Mexico]] |
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[[Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status]] |
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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]