Dasyochloa

Dasyochloa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Scleropogoninae
Genus: Dasyochloa
Willd. ex Rydb.
Species:
D. pulchella
Binomial name
Dasyochloa pulchella
(Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.
Synonyms

Erioneuron pulchellum
Tridens pulchellus
Triodia pulchella

Dasyochloa is a monotypic genus containing the single species Dasyochloa pulchella[1] (formerly Erioneuron pulchellum),[2] known as desert fluff-grass or low woollygrass[citation needed], a densely tufted perennial grass found in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[3]

  1. ^ Grass Manual Treatment Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam Mackay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 314
  3. ^ Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam Mackay, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 283