Dasyochloa
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Dasyochloa is a monotypic genus containing the single species Dasyochloa pulchella[1] (formerly Erioneuron pulchellum),[2] also known as desert fluff-grass or low woollygrass.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It is a densely tufted perennial grass found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Description
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.[1]
The leaves produce soft, cob-webby hairs that dissolve in water, after summer rains.[3] The hairs are typically not present in spring.[3] Numerous hairless, wiry, stems are Script error: No such module "convert". tall.[3]
The hairy inflorescence is a spikelet on the end of the stem, surrounded by a bundle of bractlike leaves, and is Script error: No such module "convert". long.[3] The spikelets are pale in color, sometimes striped with red, purple, or green.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It blooms from February to May.[3]
Distribution 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.[3]
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- Chloridoideae
- Monotypic Poaceae genera
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Grasses of Mexico
- Grasses of the United States
- Native grasses of California
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status