- Source: Eriocoma latiglumis
Eriocoma latiglumis is a species of grass known by the common names wide-glumed needlegrass and Sierra needlegrass.
It is a bunchgrass is endemic to montane California, where it grows in the mountain meadows and pine forests of the Sierra Nevada, and in a few areas of the Transverse Ranges to the southwest.
It is also known by the synonyms Stipa latiglumis and Achnatherum latiglume. The Jepson Herbarium calls it Stipa latiglumis.
Description
Eriocoma latiglumis is a perennial bunchgrass forming tight bunches of erect stems up to 110 centimeters tall. It has hairlike leaves under 3 millimeters wide.
The inflorescence is up to about 30 centimeters long. Each hairy spikelet is just over a centimeter long and sharply pointed, with an awn about 4 centimeters long and kinked twice.
References
External links
Calflora Database: Stipa latiglumis (Wide-glumed needle grass)
Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Stipa latiglumis
USDA Plants Profile for Achnatherum latiglume (Sierra needlegrass)
Grass Manual Treatment
Stipa latiglumis — UC Photos gallery
