
Sphenopholis · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online
Sphenopholis
Sign in to saveSphenopholis is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the grass family.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 294
- With media
- 229
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- US, GMUF, UCONN, CMN, KNK, MO
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
Show 6 more facts
- taxon name
- Sphenopholis
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Sphenopholis
- topic's main category
- Category:Sphenopholis
- taxon common name
- wedgescale
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
Sphenopholis is a genus of North American and Hawaiian plants in the grass family.
They are known generally as wedgescales. Species Sphenopholis filiformis - longleaf wedgescale - TX OK AR LA TN MS AL GA FL NC SC VA PA Sphenopholis intermedia - slender wedgescale - Canada (every province + territory except Nunavut), USA (every state except California + Hawaii) Sphenopholis interrupta - CO OK AZ NM TX LA, Baja California Sphenopholis longiflora - Texas wedgescale - TX OK AR LA Sphenopholis nitida - shiny wedgescale - Ontario, eastern half of United States Sphenopholis obtusata - prairie wedgescale - widespread in contiguous United States + southern Canada, plus Hawaii, Mexico + Hispaniola Sphenopholis × pallens - scattered locations in eastern half of USA—hybrid S. obtusata × S. pensylvanica Sphenopholis pensylvanica - swamp wedgescale - eastern half of USA
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sphenopholis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
Available in 10 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0