| Sporobolus flexuosus | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Sporobolus |
| Species: | S. flexuosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Sporobolus flexuosus | |
Sporobolus flexuosus is a species of grass known by the common name mesa dropseed. [1] It is native to western North America, where it can be found in the deserts and woodlands of the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.
This bunchgrass forms a tuft of stems growing up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) long, erect to decumbent in form. It is a perennial grass but it is short-lived and is sometimes an annual. [2] The leaves are up to 26 centimetres (10 in) long and rough-haired along the margins. The inflorescence is an open panicle of spreading branches bearing grayish spikelets.
References
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sporobolus flexuosus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
- ^ US Forest Service Fire Ecology
External links
Categories:
- Sporobolus
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Grasses of Mexico
- Grasses of the United States
- Native grasses of California
- Native grasses of Texas
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of Northeastern Mexico
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- North American desert flora
- Chloridoideae stubs