Dasyochloa pulchella (Desert fluff-grass)

Dasyochloa pulchella (Kunth) Willd. ex Rydb.

Desert fluff-grass, low woollygrass

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Dasyochloa	From the Greek dasys, “shaggy, thick, hairy, rough” and chloa, “a blade of grass”
Species	pulchella	Derived from the Latin for “beautiful”

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Erioneuron pulchellum (Kunth) Tateoka

Tridens pulchellus (Kunth) Hitchc.

Triodia pulchella Kunth

Dasyochloa pulchella description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

4/30/2018 · Kelbaker Road, Mojave National Preserve, California
≈ 7 × 6" (18 × 14 cm)

4/28/2018 · Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
≈ 6 × 5" (14 × 13 cm)

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