Melica spectabilis: Difference between revisions

Melica spectabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
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 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 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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-'''''Melica spectabilis''''' is a species of [[Poaceae|grass]] known by the common name '''Purple oniongrass'''. 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.
+'''''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.
-It 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.
 ==External links==
-*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9100,9109 Jepson Manual Treatment]
+*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,9100,9109 Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Melica spectabilis'']
-*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MESP USDA Plants Profile]
+*[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 Photo gallery]
+*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Melica+spectabilis ''Melica spectabilis'' - Photo gallery]
 [[Category:Melica|spectabilis]]
-[[Category:Native grasses of California]]
 [[Category:Grasses of the United States]]
 [[Category:Grasses of Canada]]
-[[Category:Flora of British Columbia]]
+[[Category:Native grasses of California]]
 [[Category:Flora of the Western United States]]
+[[Category:Flora of British Columbia]]
 [[Category:Flora of California]]
+[[Category:Flora of the West Coast (U.S.)]]