Status: Native
Synonyms:
Dasyochloa pulchella (Kunth) Willdenow ex Rydberg
Erioneuron pulchellum (Kunth) Tateoka
Tridens pulchellus (Kunth) Hitchcock
Triodia pulchella Kunth
Dasyochloa pulchella is rarely more than a few inches tall, but quite pretty. When magnified, the florets appear to be white, green and red. The inflorescence is dense, the spikelets with several flowers each. The lemmas have three nerves and a short awn.
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Munroa pulchella, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Apache Peak, Sept. 7, 2007
Munroa pulchella, detail of spikelets, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Knight Peak, Oct. 6, 2007
Munroa pulchella, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Pinos Altos, September 26, 2022
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