Status: Native
Synonyms:
Eriocoma cuspidata Nuttall
Oryzopsis hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Ricker ex Piper
Stipa hymenoides Roemer & Schultes)
Achnatherum hymenoides is a distinctive grass with rather large paperlike glumes, not unlike Avena, but acute at the tips and on sinuately dichotomous branches. The lemmas are thickly hairy.
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Achnatherum hymenoides, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Kelly Kindscher, Apache Creek Campground, Aug. 11, 2009
Achnatherum hymenoides, careopses, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Kelly Kindscher, Apache Creek Campground, Aug. 11, 2009
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