Melica geyeri
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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: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Melica |
| Species: | M. geyeri
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Melica geyeri is a species of grass known by the common name Geyer's oniongrass.
Distribution
[edit]Melica geyeri is native to the western United States, where it is found in Oregon and California, including the Sierra Nevada. It grows in many types of habitat, including mountain forests and open hillsides.
Description
[edit]Melica geyeri is a rhizomatous perennial grass growing up to 2 meters in maximum height. The base of the stem swells into onionlike corms. The inflorescence is a wide array of long, narrow, pointed spikelets which are green with purple banding.
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Categories:
- Melica
- Bunchgrasses of North America
- Native grasses of California
- Grasses of the United States
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Pooideae stubs