Flora of North America species comparison

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Scleropogon brevifolius

burro grass
Culms

(5)10-20 cm, erect.
Stolons

to 50 cm, wiry, internodes 5-15 cm.
Ligules

about 1 mm;

blades 2-8(12) cm long, 1-2 mm wide.
Bisexual

spikelets 2-4 cm, staminate florets below the pistillate florets.
Staminate

spikelets 2-3 cm.
Pistillate

spikelets subtended by a glumelike bract;

lemma bodies 2.5-3 cm.
2n

= 40.

Scleropogon brevifolius
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; OK; TX; UT
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Discussion

Scleropogon brevifolius grows on grassy plains and flats, generally being most abundant on disturbed or overgrazed land. Its North American range extends form the southwestern United States to central Mexico; its South American range is from Chile to northwestern Argentina.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 25, p. 44.
Parent taxa Poaceae > subfam. Chloridoideae > tribe Cynodonteae > Scleropogon
Name authority Phil.
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