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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.{{cn}} |
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.{{cn}} It blooms from February to May.<ref name=MDW/> |
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Revision as of 23:21, 16 June 2014
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| Genus: | Dasyochloa |
| Species: | D. pulchella
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| Dasyochloa pulchella (Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.
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Erioneuron pulchellum | |
Dasyochloa pulchella (formerly Erioneuron pulchellum)[1], or Desert fluff-grass' or low woollygrass[citation needed], is a densely tufted perennial grass found in the deserts of the southwestern United States.[2]
Dasyochloa is a monotypic genus containing the single species D. pulchella.[3]
Range and habitat
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
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.[3]
Stems and leaves
The leaves produce soft, cob-webby hairs that dissolve in water, after summer rains.[2] The hairs are typically not present in spring.[2] Numerous hairless, wiry, stems are 2' - 5" tall.[2]
Inflorescence
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.[2] The spikelets which are pale in color, sometimes striped with red, purple, or green.[citation needed] It blooms from February to May.[2]