Imperata brevifolia
(Redirected from California satintail)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Imperata |
| Species: | I. brevifolia
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Imperata brevifolia is a species of grass known by the common name California satintail.
Distribution
[edit]It is native to the Southwestern United States from California to Texas. It is also native to northern Mexico, where it grows in arid regions where water is available.
Description
[edit]Imperata brevifolia is a perennial grass growing from a hard rhizome to heights near 1.5 meters. The flat leaves are up to 50 centimeters long and 1.5 wide. The inflorescence is a narrow, cylindrical white plume up 10 to 30 centimeters long. It is filled thickly with silky white hairs and dotted with dark speckles which are the orange-brown anthers and purplish-brown stigmas of the spikelets.
External links
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Categories:
- Andropogoneae
- Grasses of the United States
- Native grasses of California
- Grasses of Mexico
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Panicoideae stubs