Skip to content
Redfieldia

(c) Matt Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matt Berger · cc-by

EntityQ7305854· pop 6· linked from 10 articles

Redfieldia

Sign in to save

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.

Species

Blowout grass

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Observations86

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
626
With media
113
Family
Poaceae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
United States

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Gallery (2)

Available in 5 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0