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Nassella lepida

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Species of flowering plant

Nassella lepida
Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Nassella
Species: N. lepida
Binomial name
Nassella lepida
(Hitchc.) Barkworth
Synonyms

Stipa lepida

Nassella lepida (syn. Stipa lepida) is a species of grass known by the common names foothill needlegrass, foothills nassella, foothill stipa, small-flowered stipa, small-flowered needlegrass, and smallflower tussockgrass.

Distribution

It is native to California in the United States, where it occurs as far north as Humboldt County, and its range extends into Baja California.

Description

This is a perennial bunchgrass growing up to a meter tall. The flat or rolled leaf blades are up to 23 centimeters long. The panicle is up to 55 centimeters long and has branches bearing up to 6 spikelets each The spikelet has an awn up to 4.6 to 5.5 centimeters long.

This grass grows in chaparral and grassland habitat. It can also be found in coastal sage scrub and coastal prairie.

This species and several others were recently transferred from genus Stipa into Nassella, mainly on the basis of their "strongly convolute lemmas". Genetic evidence supports the transfer.

This species may hybridize with Nassella pulchra.

References

  1. Nassella lepida. USDA PLANTS Profile.
  2. ^ Nassella lepida. The Jepson Manual.
  3. ^ Barkworth, M. Nassella lepida. In: Barkworth et al. (eds.), Grass Manual. Flora of North America.
  4. ^ Calflora. 2013. Nassella lepida. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.

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Taxon identifiers
Nassella lepida
Stipa lepida
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