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Redfieldia
Sign in to saveRedfieldia, known as blowout grass, is a monotypic genus in the grass family (Poaceae). The sole species, Redfieldia flexuosa, is native to sandhills in the western and central United States. The plants grow in small clusters, protecting each other from the harsh desert conditions.
Species
Blowout grass
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 626
- With media
- 113
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Poaceae
- Named after
- John Howard Redfield
- Image
- Redfieldia flexuosa.jpg
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- Commons category
- Redfieldia
- taxon name
- Redfieldia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Redfieldia
- taxon common name
- blowout grass
- taxonomic type
- Redfieldia flexuosa
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- See also
- References
Redfieldia, known as blowout grass, is a monotypic genus in the grass family (Poaceae). The sole species, Redfieldia flexuosa, is native to sandhills in the western and central United States. The plants grow in small clusters, protecting each other from the harsh desert conditions.
==Description== The flowering culms are tall. The inflorescence is an open panicle with solitary spikelets on narrow pedicels. Each spikelet has between two and six florets. The glumes have pointed tips and are narrower than the fertile lemma. The lemma has three veins and hairy margins. The glumes are persistent after fruiting. It spreads with elongated rhizomes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Redfieldia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.