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Eriocoma latiglumis
Eriocoma latiglumis is a species of grass known by the common names wide-glumed needlegrass and Sierra needlegrass. It is a bunchgrass is endemic to montane California, where it grows in the mountain meadows and pine forests of the Sierra Nevada, and in a few areas of the Transverse Ranges to the southwest. It is also known by the synonyms Stipa latiglumis and Achnatherum latiglume.[2] The Jepson Herbarium calls it Stipa latiglumis.[3] Description
Eriocoma latiglumis is a perennial bunchgrass forming tight bunches of erect stems up to 110 centimeters tall. It has hairlike leaves under 3 millimeters wide. The inflorescence is up to about 30 centimeters long. Each hairy spikelet is just over a centimeter long and sharply pointed, with an awn about 4 centimeters long and kinked twice. References
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