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Eriocoma latiglumis
Wide-glumed needlegrass (Eriocoma latiglumis) is a perennial bunchgrass native to montane California, found in Sierra Nevada meadows and pine forests and a few Transverse Range sites. It forms tight tufts of erect stems up to about 110 cm tall, and it is a native wildland grass rather than a common garden plant.
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.
Richardson's needlegrass · Sleepygrass · Mormon Needlegrass · Crowned Needlegrass · Indian Ricegrass · Lemmon's Needlegrass · Letterman's Needlegrass · Nelson's Needlegrass · Stiff Needlegrass · Parish's Needlegrass · Pinewoods Needle Grass · Thurber's Needlegrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriocoma latiglumis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
