View source for Dasyochloa pulchella

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|accepted_name=Dasyochloa pulchella
|accepted_authority=(Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.
|publications=
|common_names=Fluffgrass
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Triodia pulchella
|authority=unknown
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|name=Tridens pulchellus
|authority=unknown
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Erioneuron pulchellum
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Dasyochloa;Dasyochloa pulchella
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Dasyochloa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Dasyochloa pulchella]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 47
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>(1)4-15 cm, scabrous or puberulent; peduncles (internode below the panicles) 3-7(11) cm. <b>Sheaths</b> striate, margins scarious; ligules 3-5 mm; blades (1)2-6 cm, abaxial surfaces scabrous, adaxial surfaces scabridulous. <b>Panicles</b> 1-2.5 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, densely white-pubescent, light green or purple-tinged. <b>Spikelets</b> (5)6-9(10) mm, with (4)6-10 florets. <b>Lower</b> glumes 6-8.5 mm; upper glumes 6.5-9 mm, as long as or longer than the florets; lemmas 3-5.5 mm, lobes (1)3-3.2 mm, midveins extending into straight (1.5)2.5-4 mm awns; paleas 2-3.5 mm, keels long pilose proximally, ciliate distally; anthers 0.2-0.5 mm. <b>Caryopses</b> 1-1.5 mm, translucent. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|distribution=Md.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Calif.;Wyo.;Ariz.;Nev.
|discussion=<p>Dasyochloa pulchella grows in rocky soils of arid regions. It extends from the United States to central Mexico and is the most common grass in the Larrea-Flourensia scrub of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico.</p>
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name=Dasyochloa pulchella
|author=
|authority=(Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Triodia pulchella;Tridens pulchellus;Erioneuron pulchellum
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik and Cindy Roché
|distribution=Md.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Utah;Calif.;Wyo.;Ariz.;Nev.
|reference=None
|publication title=
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Dasyochloa
|species=Dasyochloa pulchella
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